CoffeScript (1.1.1) on Windows: simple method !

Published on June 10, 2011 by WaYdotNET in OpenOttica, ruby, Script, tips, Uncategorized

CoffeScript (1.1.1) on Windows: simple method !

Inspiration: http://blog.mnasyrov.com/post/2872046541/coffeescript-on-windows-how-to-roast-coffee

To use CoffeScript you need:

Node.js
CoffeeScript
Batch file to run CoffeeScript

STEP 1: Node.js

I’m very very lazy dev…
And i don’t recompile NodeJs into Windows….. but I’m using v0.4.7 from http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/ [many thx]
and install into:

D:\>cd Tools\NodeJs\bin
 
D:\Tools\NodeJs\bin>node --version
v0.4.7

STEP 2: CoffeeScript

Use the last version , grab it from https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script
and install into:

1	D:\Tools\CoffeeScript

Check version

1 2	D:\Tools\NodeJs\bin\node /cygdrive/D/Tools/CoffeeScript/bin/coffee --version CoffeeScript version 1.1.1

Node.js need unix-path

Step 3: Batch file

I don’t know well bat syntax, and my code is VERY VERY ugly.. but it works

@echo off
 
:: Directories of the tools
SET coffeeDir=D:\Tools\Coffeescript\bin
SET nodeDir=D:\Tools\NodeJs\bin
 
:: var
SET a=%1
SET b=%2
SET c=%3
SET d=%4
SET e=%5
SET f=%6
SET g=%7
SET h=%8
SET i=%9
 
:: Check input value if exist and if it's option or file
 
:A
IF "%a%"=="" GOTO :B
IF "%a:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :B
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %1') DO SET a=%%o
:B
IF "%b%"=="" GOTO :C
IF "%b:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :C
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %2') DO SET b=%%o
:C
IF "%c%"=="" GOTO :D
IF "%c:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :D
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %3') DO SET c=%%o
:D
IF "%d%"=="" GOTO :E
IF "%d:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :E
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %4') DO SET d=%%o
:E
IF "%e%"=="" GOTO :F
IF "%e:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :F
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %5') DO SET e=%%o
:F
IF "%f%"=="" GOTO :G
IF "%f:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :G
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %6') DO SET f=%%o
:G
IF "%g%"=="" GOTO :H
IF "%g:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :H
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %7') DO SET g=%%o
:H
IF "%h%"=="" GOTO :I
IF "%h:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :I
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %8') DO SET h=%%o
:I
IF "%i%"=="" GOTO :COMMAND
IF "%i:~0,1%"=="-" GOTO :COMMAND
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %9') DO SET i=%%o
 
:COMMAND
FOR /f %%o IN ('%nodeDir%/cygpath.exe -a -u %coffeeDir%') DO SET p=%%o
%nodeDir%\node %p%/coffee %a% %b% %c% %d% %e% %f% %g% %h% %i%

set the PATH environment variable contains a path to coffee.bat

the name of the file is very important, in my case it works well with coffee-rack

Enjoy

Many thanks to:

Mikhail Nasyrov => http://blog.mnasyrov.com/post/2872046541/coffeescript-on-windows-how-to-roast-coffee
Node.js self-contained Windows binaries => http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/index.html
Jeremy Ashkenas => http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/