Is it possible to profile my code using CoffeeScript for Node.js?

Question

I know I can profile with --prof when running node myfile.js, but what if I run coffee myfile.coffee? Let's assume I can't just compile to .js, because there are A LOT of dependences in the file.

How can I run a v8 profiler?

Answer 1

Looks like you can pass the --nodejs command line parameter to coffee and anything after that will get passed directly to node. Thanks to https://twitter.com/#!/oluwie who doesn't want to take credit but told me the answer

Answer 2

Try --nodejs PARAM. See coffee --help.