Roast lets you use CommonJS require when compiling CoffeeScript for the web.
npm install roast
You have to require Roast at compile time.
coffee --require roast --compile main.coffee
You can then use the require as you normally would.
foo = require 'foo'
baz = require('bar').baz
This will then produce the output:
(function() {
var baz, exports, foo;
exports = {};
foo = (function() {
var beer, exports;
exports = {};
beer = true;
exports.awesomeness = true;
return exports;
})();
;
baz = (function() {
var Baz, exports;
exports = {};
exports.baz = (function() {
Baz = function() {
'http://thelincolnshirepoacher.com';
return this;
};
return Baz;
})();
return exports;
})();
.baz;
The output isn't pretty, but it works and is just waiting to be minified.
The path to required files is relative to the file you are requiring them from. For example, from /main.coffee, if you
require 'src/foo'
Roast will look for /src/foo.coffee.
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