is there a coffeescript auto compile / file watcher for windows?

Question

I\'d like to play around with integrating coffeescript into my dev process. But as I see it, I\'ll have to make a bat file that iterates a set of coffee files and spits out js f

Answer 1

Here is the best way to do it: Say your work is in "my-project-path" folder.

1. Go to the parent folder of "my-project-path"
2. Start a terminal and type coffee -o my-project-path -cw my-project-path

This line will watch and compile anything name as "*.coffee" in "my-project-path" folder, even if it is in "my-project-path/scripts/core" or "my-project-path/test/core".The js file will locate in the save folder as the .coffee file.

Answer 2

Personally, I prefer using build tools like grunt.js / yeoman or brunch for that purpose.

grunt.js & grunt coffee

Answer 3

I think there is a simplier way just using -w option of coffeescript compiler

coffee -c -w *.coffee

This will compile all coffee files under the folder you are (put more file pathes if needed) each time you change one.