[nsmartt]

I mostly enjoyed the slides, and I'm interested in CoffeeScript, especially since I'm going to be working a little in Node in the near future. This post is a critique on the blog post, rather than on the slide content, which was more or less fine.

Too much focus placed on how those who dislike it haven't given it a proper shot. This could be true, but six paragraphs is overkill. You make a few points: A) they aren't being open-minded enough, B) they are the typical blub programmer, and C) they shouldn't feel bad because it's perfectly understandable to do something so mundane. Had I been someone who had spent a few hours toying with CS and left unconvinced, you'd have lost me pretty quickly.

You mention that you hated it too, at first, but not early enough. I'd submit that you're far more likely to lose readership than to open eyes with this method.

Also, as someone who isn't particularly set against CS, I didn't enjoy reading so much about how I shouldn't feel bad for hating CS at first sight. I didn't.

[ww520]

Sounds like the OP has to justify his large mental investment he made in CS by bashing others who have different opinions. "I'm not a blub like them. I'm not close-minded like them. I'm not doing mundane things like them."

It's a telling sign about a language when the language advocates have to employed negative psychological ploys to convince people (or convince themselves) to use the language.

[nsmartt]

On the contrary, it seems that OP was going out of his way to explain that it's acceptable to have initially hated CS.

If CS is actually terrible, why don't we talk about what actually makes it terrible? I can't comprehend the notion that evaluating the advocates of X will demonstrate anything concrete about X.

[aseemk]

Thanks for the great feedback. I think you're totally right.

I didn't intend to come across as so preachy in my post. I was just writing freely without (too) much worry.

Live and learn. =)

[nsmartt]

I can't fault you for that, and I could probably learn a thing or two from writing more freely.