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[Exception]: http://stackoverflow.com/q/10048173/223897
-## Don't use inline CoffeeScript in views
+## Don't use inline CoffeeScript/JavaScript in views
Using the inline `:coffee` or `:coffeescript` Haml filters comes with a
-performance overhead.
+performance overhead. Using inline JavaScript is not a good way to structure your code and should be avoided.
_**Note:** We've [removed these two filters](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/config/initializers/hamlit.rb)
in an initializer._
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### Further reading
- Pull Request: [Replace CoffeeScript block into JavaScript in Views](https://git.io/vztMu)
+- Stack Overflow: [Why you should not write inline JavaScript](http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/86589/why-should-i-avoid-inline-scripting)
- Stack Overflow: [Performance implications of using :coffescript filter inside HAML templates?](http://stackoverflow.com/a/17571242/223897)
## ID-based CSS selectors need to be a bit more specific