Question

Is there a recommended way of developing a node module if I want to write it in Coffeescript, but don’t want to force the module’s users to require the coffee-script module?

Answer 1

Put your CoffeeScript codes in the src folder and the compiled JavaScript codes in lib folder.

Then in your package.json file, declare main to be the js file in the lib folder. Then the users of your package will require the js file instead of the coffee file.

You may take @TrevorBurnham’s repository as an example.