Smooth CoffeeScript is a free book about CoffeeScript and programming. No previous programming knowledge is required. Over 200 pages and 35 exercises. Download includes book and full source code with and without solutions. The samples require a functioning installation of CoffeeScript; see page 9 in the book. Tested on Mac OS X 10.6.7 and on Windows 7.
More information: Book webpage. Online preview.
Windows: The new native and prebuilt node.js v0.5.1 throws an exception when loading CoffeeScript on both WinXP and Win7 in my testing. Installing the prebuilt cygwin node.js 0.4.9 is described by semperos in CoffeeScript on Windows 7. Try the Full-Featured Method to run the examples as described in Smooth CoffeeScript.
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Created by E. Hoigaard based on Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke.