How can I require a CoffeeScript file?

Question

I am trying to follow this tutorial for CoffeScript.

I open the terminal, navigate to the directory where simpleMath.coffee is present and run node and try var SimpleMath = require('./simpleMath');, which results in the following error:

Error: Cannot find module 'simpleMath'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at repl:1:18
    at REPLServer.self.eval (repl.js:110:21)
    at repl.js:249:20
    at REPLServer.self.eval (repl.js:122:7)
    at Interface.<anonymous> (repl.js:239:12)
    at Interface.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)

I tried simpleMath as well, without ./.

Answer 1

You need to compile your coffeee into js first. See https://github.com/oklai/koala it catches and compile your files in a GUI - and send notifications when it fails. Really good.