Question

I am pretty new to CoffeeScript. I am trying to create Node.js application using the Express.js framework. And in my express app configuration I have this line of code that is compiling wrong:

app.use express.static path + '/public'

it is compiling to this:

app.use(express["static"](path + '/public'));

when I need to be this:

app.use(express.static(path + '/public'));

Does anyone know why this happening and how to fix this? It is causing my public folder to unaccessible.

I am using CoffeeScript 1.3.1

Answer 1

static could be a reserved word in future versions of javascript/ecmascript. Just like top now. So using it as a variable name could cause errors somewhere.

That’s why coffee is trying to avoid it.

But they are equivalent, so try to find errors somewhere else.