Destructuring arguments in Coffeescript
A traditional function might look like this:
createPost = (title, content, options = {}) ->
category = options.category
headline = options.headline
Using CoffeeScript's destructuring assignment makes this nicer:
createPost = (title, content, options = {}) ->
{category, headline} = options
And finally, if you don't need the explicit options variable, you can even do:
createPost = (title, content, {category, headline} = {}) ->
Written by Kamil Tusznio
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Note: The default value of "{}" is important to prevent type errors when no "options" argument is provided.
over 1 year ago
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