I have seen that packages can also be created in javascript (instead of just coffeescript). Is there any documentation for the APIs in javascript? All I have been able to find was the coffeescript ones.
Documentation for Javascript APIs?
zogstrip
#2
Well, CoffeeScript is a language that compiles into JavaScript. Only the syntax changes.
I don’t want to complain here about using CoffeeScript and I don’t want to insult the questioner (I would ask similar questions, too), but this question is a very good example, why choosing CoffeeScript for an open-source project is so questionable for a lot of developers.
This question illustrates the point that CoffeeScript is a (unnecessary ) barrier for a lot of developers.
The Atom maintainers should definitely reconsider using CoffeeScript or should explain their choose in depth. (Again: I don’t want to rant against CS. This is just a good example.)
basicallydan
#4
You’ll be pleased to know you don’t actually have to use CoffeeScript. See this post.
Oh, I know that. And I don’t have a problem with CS. I just wanted to point out, that CS can confuse other developers and produces questions like this one. 
This can be exhausting for a community.
basicallydan
#6
Ah right. Yeah, I actually agree. It might be a little wiser to go with the language which is more common 
I wouldn’t say eschew coffeescript as an implementation language…but it would be nice to maybe have some kind of note near the top of pages like this: https://atom.io/docs/v0.78.0/creating-a-package
I came here, b/c I’m looking to get my hands dirty writing a package in js, but I didn’t want to go to all the trouble only to find that atom maybe wouldn’t pick up the files (b/c of the extension) or some other unexpected limitation.
So while I figured js should work fine, I just didn’t want to assume that and waste a bunch of time. Now I can go on my happy way 