Is there a way to send CoffeeScript to the client's browser and have it compiled to JavaScript *there*?

Question

Is there a way to send CoffeeScript to the client\'s browser and have it compiled to JavaScript there?

Answer 1

The answer is yes. I won't repeat @Trevor's excellent answer, but rather just provide an example of what you're thinking about:

http://forgivingworm.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/running-coffeescript-in-browser/

Basically you

1. Tag your coffeescript with the text/coffeescript
2. Include coffee-script.js after all coffeescript on the page (the compiler will evaluate and compile all coffeescript in order)

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CoffeeScript is alive!