No need for CoffeeScript now

This morning our post scrum it was announced that we will no longer be writing production code in CoffeeScript. I mapped a plan in learning multiple new skills in JS and Ruby, which including working through a free book. I now have no need to learn it now if I want to stay focused on learning skills need to advance in a career in web development.

I have not written much production code using CoffeeScript or Front-End code for that matter, so I will not find it hard to completely stop learning this language. I am at a time where all my learning aside from iOS stuff will be closely related to the work I do (though a new Tweet from my CEO says otherwise). My main goal is to advanced my skills in Ruby and Vanilla JS. I still plan on skimming through that book eventually, but with no emphasis on writing the code.

Once I have a stronger understanding of JS I will really look into looking a CoffeeScript then. I feel as if CoffeeScript was made for the Rails devs with limited JS knowledge, but a desire to write it. From what I did write, I found easy to pick up; CoffeeScript has a lot of similarities to Ruby and it's simplicity, but also has a lot whitespace restrictions, similar to HAML.

What are your opinions on CoffeeScript vs. Javascript?