Example of using Coffeescript classes and RequireJS (or Curljs or similar) for client side browser library

Question

We want to develop a browser (client side only) library using Coffeescript, and in particular, we tend to use the \"class\" capability of Coffeescript quite a bit, in addition t

Answer 1

I haven't actually used this technique yet, but:

The only thing to keep in mind here is that CoffeeScript statements are also return values when they are last in a function. So, basically, the following code:

define [], () ->
  class Main

translates to:

define([], function() {
  var Main;
  return Main = (function() {

    function Main() {}

    return Main;

  })();
});

and that should work as expected (I see no reason why it wouldn't based on the compiled JavaScript).

For managing code base, I believe the CS plugin should come in handy. It's maintained by James Burke himself, and supports building of CoffeeScript projects the same way JavaScript projects are built.