Requiring CoffeeScript file from within another CoffeeScript file with nodejs

Question

I was wondering if you are able to require a coffeescript from within another coffeescript.

My example code from file "user.coffee"

class UserObj
    constructor: (@name) ->
        console.log @name

My example code from main file

require "./user.coffee"

User = new UserObj "Example"

Is this possible from within a coffeescript file or just a js file?

possible duplicate of require()'ing a CoffeeScript file from a JavaScript file or REPL

Nikita Volkov · Answer 1 · 2012-03-30 08:54:24Z

up vote 3 down vote

Yes it is possible.

user.coffee:

exports.UserObj = 
class UserObj
    constructor: (@name) ->
        console.log @name

main.coffee:

{UserObj} = require "./user"

User = new UserObj "Example"

answered Mar 30 '12 at 8:54

Nikita Volkov
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	But this is just for Node right? I thought CoffeeScript may have pull together the required files on compilation of main.js – Thomas Welton Jan 7 at 10:21
	@ThomasWelton That's just for Node. Currently CoffeeScript compiler is just a file-to-file transcompiler, it doesn't do any project structure analysis and because of that no aggregation. There may be other tools approaching the issue. I even remember writing one myself. – Nikita Volkov Jan 7 at 10:38
	Thanks. I later went on to use requirejs which I'm very happy with for loading coffeescript modules and classes. – Thomas Welton Jan 15 at 12:41
	If you are using a single class per file, then I would prefer `module.exports = UserObj`, now the prototype is exposed out of the file, and the `{UserObj} = require './user'` isn't necessary. The loading of the constructor would simply be: `UserObj = require './user'` – thetrompf Apr 16 at 21:25

Muhammad Sannan · Answer 2 · 2012-03-30 08:47:17Z

up vote 1 down vote

answered Mar 30 '12 at 8:47

Muhammad Sannan
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	Thank you. The exports was what i was stuck on – user1302818 Mar 30 '12 at 8:54
	Accept the right answer so that it helps other folks. – Muhammad Sannan Mar 30 '12 at 9:54

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