On: Poll: Have you moved from JavaScript to CoffeeScri...

[augustl]

I'd write that snippet the following way:

    for (var i = 0, ii = list.length; i < ii; i++) {
        sum += list[i].amount;
    }

Or:

    for (var i = 0, ii = list.length; i < ii; i++)
        sum += list[i].amount;

There are ways to make normal JavaScript not look ugly ;)

EDIT: fixed minor oversight

[jimbokun → augustl]

The small bug in your code actually makes a good case for using the more concise syntax of coffeescript to help avoid those kinds of errors, while generating code that's just as efficient.

[augustl → jimbokun]

I disagree. In a real programming environment I'd notice immediately after running the code.

[TrevorBurnham → augustl]

And I'd write

    for i in [0...list.length] by 1
      sum += list[i].amount

to get equivalent compiled output.

I've used C and Java since high school, but I'm happy to be rid of that old `for` syntax. And I love that curly braces means only one thing in CoffeeScript: "I'm defining a new object with these key-value pairs."

[utkarshkukreti → augustl]

Where are you setting `item` here?