Template for projects using nodejs + coffeescript

Technologies used in this template:

• node.js
• coffeescript
• express
• eco
• less

Installing

The following npm packages are required:

• express
• coffee-script
• eco
• less

To install them run:

make modules

To create the public dir:

make public

Structure

• server.coffee: the file that configures and starts the server
• app/: directory where all application related files are stored
  • assets/: assets files (css + js), will automatically will published to public/
    • css/: less css files, must use the .less extension
    • js/: coffeescript files, must use the .coffee extension
  • views/: views file (see express documentation)
  • actions.coffee: your url handlers
• public/: the publicly available directory

Starting the server

coffee server.coffee [--port=8080]

The actions.coffee file

The file is pretty straightforward:

exports.actions = (app, argv, options) ->

    app.get '/', (req, res) -> 
        res.render 'index'
        
    # add more actions here

As you can see, you can add more actions following the express documentation below the existing one.