Here's what I want.
- A node application using the express webserver
- Using coffeescript on the server and more importantly the client
- Using require.js on the client (and eventually on the server)
The recommended way I've been able to find of hooking up coffeescript for the client is to use connect-assets. This seems to require using jade helpers to actually compile coffeescript eg.
!=js('monalisa.js')
seems to compile monalisa.coffee and generate the correct <script> tag. Now I want to use require.js and here I stumble. How do I ensure that connect-assets compiles everything correctly without using the jade helpers?
Here's my fairly simple app.js:
require('coffee-script');
var express = require('express')
, http = require('http')
, path = require('path')
, connectAssets = require('connect-assets');
var publicDir = path.join(__dirname, 'public');
var app = express();
app.configure(function(){
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use( connectAssets() );
app.use('/public', express.static(publicDir));
app.use(express.logger());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(app.router);
});
app.configure('development', function(){
app.use(express.errorHandler({
dumpExceptions: true,
showStack: true
}));
});
app.get('/', require('./routes').index);
app.get('/monalisa', require('./routes/monalisa').monalisa);
http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
console.log("Express server listening on port " + app.get('port'));
});
