cScarlson / nullstrap

A Node.js CoffeeScript / Express.js bootstrap. Nice for quickly setting up a site or application. Auto-compiles and watches server-side and client-side CoffeeScript files. Auto-compiles Stylus files and Handlebars templates. Runs main script using Supervisor. One command install and one command to run your app.

NullStrap

A CoffeeScript / Express.js bootstrap

Features

• Cakefile for a single command install and dev setup
• Watches folders for Stylus, CoffeeScript, and Handlebars changes
• Bower support for easily adding client-side dependencies

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Technologies

• Express.js - http://expressjs.com/
• Bower - http://twitter.github.com/bower/
• Jade - http://jade-lang.com/
• Handlebars - http://handlebarsjs.com/
• CoffeeScript - http://coffeescript.org/
• Banshee - http://imulus.github.com/banshee/
• Stylus - http://learnboost.github.io/stylus/

Dependencies

This command needs to be ran first if CoffeeScript is not installed on your system

• run sudo npm install -g coffee-script

Setup

Install all of the dependencies necessary for the bootstrap

• run sudo cake system
• run cake install

Development

The following command will watch and compile Coffeescript, Stylus, and Handlebars files. It also watches server.js for changes.

• run cake dev

Deployment

• run cake build