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CoffeeScript Compiler for Windows

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You can also grab the latest node.js Window's binaries (it bundles Cygwin runtime binaries too) and then always run the latest CoffeeScript.

Binaries are available here:

http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/

There's this question on Stack Overflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3175561/coffeescript-on-w...

The link seems to be the favorite. I think the ruby option could be made to work better using current tools. Something like install JRuby, therubyrhino, and the coffee-script gem, put the compile command in the Rakefile, and run `jruby -S rake`.

Edit: there's a Maven plugin, too: https://github.com/jakewins/brew

Funny coincidence: Just an hour ago, I installed both Node.js and CoffeeScript on Windows using mingw:

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Building-node.js-on-ming...

To use CoffeeScript with the mingw-built Node.js, just add "path-to-coffe-script/bin" to your mingw-bash $PATH (or the global path, but node.exe only works in mingw) and change

#!/bin/env node

#!your-nodejs-folder/node.exe

in "bin/coffee"

edit: Or just add the directory with "node.exe" to your path.

I can confirm it works. Very nice, trying to install node.js on cygwin is an exercise in frustration.

agreed, it's not pleasant thats for sure

The cygwin Node install isn't so bad if you have a comprehensive list of prerequisite packages [1]. I also downloaded a script called `apt-cyg` that lets me download and install new cygwin packages from the command line rather than digging out setup.exe [2].

[1] https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Building-node.js-on-Cygw...

[2] http://code.google.com/p/apt-cyg/

Haven't tried it yet but if it works, then that's great. Most of my work-related development is done on a Windows laptop and that has been a major hurdle in trying to adopt CoffeeScript. No more excuses now.

I made a python coffeescript converter/recursive directory watcher that also works on windows if anyone's interested.

https://github.com/danenania/CoffeePy

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