coffee-distiller

coffee-distiller

This tool does three things:

1. combine multiple server side coffee-script file into one coffee file with fake CJS wrapper
2. compile the combiled coffee file into javascript file
3. uses google closure compiler or uglify-js2 to minify the javascritp file

Why and Who need this tool

This tool is useful for developers who want to distribute a SERVER SIDE coffee-script app in the form of a single javascript file.

CommonJS module has its built-in module scope, thus developers can not simple combine server side coffee-script files like what they do on the client side.

This tool introduces a fake CJS module wrapper and merges coffee-script files, as well as keeps scopes of each module.

Install

npm install coffee-script coffee-distiller  -g

Usage

Use in command line

distill -i path/to/app.coffe -o dist/app.js

# this will generate 3 files in ./dist/ directory:
# - app.coffee : a merged coffee file
# - app.js : compiled javascript file from app.coffee
# - app.min.js : minified javascript file from app.js

Command line options

• -h, --help output usage information
• -V, --version output the version number
• -o, --output [VALUE] output directory
• -i, --input [VALUE] path to main entrance coffee file
• -m, --minify [type] minify merged javascript file. [closure(default)] use Closure Compiler, [uglify] use uglify-js2, [none] do not minify js code
• -n, --onlyKeepMinifiedFile only keep minified js output file