Tower.js - JavaScript Framework for Node.js modeled after Ruby on Rails

Re:Tower.js - JavaScript Framework for Node.js modeled after... by thelastnode on Monday February 27, 2012 @04:02PM (#3640636)

Regarding the Coffeescript-Javascript difference, Coffeescript and Javascript can be used transparently in node. Once require('coffee-script') is run, the module replaces the require function with one that can load both Coffeescript and Javascript.

This means that if there is a file ./lib/foo.coffee, the following code in bar.js will work:

    require('coffee-script');
    var foo = require('./lib/foo');

Yes, some people may not like Coffeescript anywhere in their project, but this functionality makes it easy to add Coffeescript to an existing Javascript project or use Coffeescript modules as a blackbox in a Javascript project.

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Re:Tower.js - JavaScript Framework for Node.js modeled after... by eldude on Monday February 27, 2012 @06:44PM (#3641159)

That's pretty cool. I didn't know that worked so seemlessly.

Nonetheless, in order to use a library, you must either read the documentation or the source. The biggest issue is that most CoffeeScript projects document with CoffeeScript. Technically, you could read the compiled source, but that's usually a non-starter unless I truly need your project. Otherwise, I'm more likely to find someone else that's solved the same problem, but has written their docs / source in JavaScript.

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