Docs shorthand object notation (#4356)

* Docs shorthand object notation A simple but slightly more imaginative example of shorthand object notation. Closes #1808. Signed-off-by: Daniel Bayley <daniel.bayley@me.com> * Update for new documentation folder structure * Fix typo
jashkenas · Nov 21, 2016 · 6c759d4 · 6c759d4
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diff --git a/documentation/examples/objects_shorthand.coffee b/documentation/examples/objects_shorthand.coffee
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+name = "Michelangelo"
+mask = "orange"
+weapon = "nunchuks"
+turtle = {name, mask, weapon}
+output = "#{turtle.name} wears an #{turtle.mask} mask. Watch out for his #{turtle.weapon}!"
diff --git a/documentation/index.html.js b/documentation/index.html.js
@@ -457,6 +457,11 @@ Block
       about it (say, when using jQuery).
     </p>
     <%= codeFor('objects_reserved') %>
+    <p>
+      CoffeeScript has a shortcut for creating objects when you want the key
+      to be set with a variable of the same name.
+    </p>
+    <%= codeFor('objects_shorthand') %>
 
     <p>
       <span id="lexical-scope" class="bookmark"></span>