Processing Coffeescript code in Node.js

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How can i process a coffeescript code directly into javascript in node.js ?

maybe i could use the coffee compiler using child_process.exec/spawn/fork but is there a direct way ? like loading a library (that ships with the coffee package when it's installed with npm) and passing code to it, that returns the compiled code directly ?

david · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-23 05:27:20Z

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You can do npm install coffee-script and then just put var coffee = require('coffee-script'); to get access to the coffee.compile function which will do what you want.

answered Jun 23, 2012 at 5:27

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Michelle Tilley Over a year ago

Indeed; also, doing require('coffee-script'); will register the .coffee file extension, so you will then be able to require CoffeeScript files.

jiten · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-23 05:23:16Z

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did you have a look at Express? It supports coffeekup template engine too.

answered Jun 23, 2012 at 5:23

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