coffee-distiller
v0.1.3
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Merge and minify server side coffee-script files with fake CJS wrappers. This tool is useful for developers who want to distribute a SERVER SIDE coffee-script app in the form of single javascript file.
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coffee-distiller
This tool does three things:
- combine multiple server side coffee-script file into one coffee file with fake CJS wrapper
- compile the combiled coffee file into javascript file
- 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