Question

I’m doing some tutorials and I’m writing everything in CoffeeScript. I then have to compile to JS then execute in node.js. Is there any way to do it directly?

Answer 1

If you have npm, use it to install coffeescript from a node prompt: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffeescript/#installation

Then, from the node prompt, you can simply use the coffee command to execute:

coffee <yourcoffeescriptfile>.coffee

And, to just compile, pass the -c flag:

coffee -c <yourcoffeescriptfile>.coffee