esprima error while trying to use the Browserify module

Question

Alright so I've looked around and cant find anything about this error online.

I'm trying to run Browserify with:

browserify application/main.coffee -w -o public/client_bundle.js

It is producing the error message:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:3859 throw e; ^ Error: Line 4: Unexpected token ILLEGAL at throwError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1161:21) at advance (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1089:9) at lookahead (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1118:18) at match (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1239:21) at parseLeftHandSideExpressionAllowCall (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1638:16) at parsePostfixExpression (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1695:20) at parseUnaryExpression (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1730:20) at parseMultiplicativeExpression (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1781:20) at parseAdditiveExpression (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1798:20) at parseShiftExpression (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima/esprima.js:1815:20)

I have no idea whats happening. I think it might be related to having messed up/incompatible node modules. I have completely removed node/npm and all the node_modules and re-install them all.

Answer 1

To run with coffeescript, you need to add more options:

$ browserify -c 'coffee -sc' main.coffee > bundle.js

Or better still, use the coffeeify module:

$ npm install coffeeify
$ browserify -t coffeeify main.coffee > bundle.js