Using CoffeeScript In Production ( http://www.meetup.com/Coffee-Script-New-York/events/62744162/ )

coffeescript.md

General:

• https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/Text-editor-plugins
• https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/Web-framework-plugins
• https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/Build-tools

TextMate:

• https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script-tmbundle → https://github.com/aseemk/coffee-script-tmbundle

Node:

• --watch vs. coffee app or require('coffee-script'); require('./app');
• "prepublish": "coffee -c lib/" or "postinstall": "coffee -c lib/"
• "npm install coffee-script@{semver}" if CS is a devDependency
• "postinstall": "if [ \"$NODE_ENV\" = production ]; then ...; fi" for production-only (e.g. Heroku), and "npm uninstall coffee-script" too for robustness

Connect/Express:

• https://github.com/TrevorBurnham/connect-assets
• https://github.com/sstephenson/eco
• http://coffeekup.org/ → https://github.com/gradus/coffeecup

Gotchas:

• a ? b : c → if a then b else c
• for key in obj → for key of obj
• variable shadowing; avoid (generic) globals and see jashkenas/coffeescript#712
• version conflicts; avoid using in prod and see jashkenas/coffeescript#2323
• var when porting (TODO error message)

Extras:

• https://gist.github.com/1081702
• https://gist.github.com/2506270
• https://github.com/aseemk/express-blocks
• https://github.com/fgnass/node-dev
• https://github.com/Sage/streamlinejs
• https://gist.github.com/1068606 (TODO publish as module)
• https://github.com/aseemk/cash

Examples:

• https://github.com/thingdom/node-neo4j
• http://www.thethingdom.com/scripts/bookmarklets.coffee → http://www.thethingdom.com/scripts/bookmarklets.js