Unexpected string

[arunabhdas]

After running
==> compound init myapp
and
==> npm install
and
==> compound generate scaffold list name
and
==> node .
I get the following error :
express deprecated app.configure: Check app.get('env') in an if statement config/environment.js:6:9
connect deprecated methodOverride: use method-override npm module instead config/environment.js:16:25
express deprecated app.configure: Check app.get('env') in an if statement config/environments/development.js:6:9
undefined:26
List = describe 'List', ->
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected string
at Function (native)
at loadSchema (/work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/jugglingdb/lib/railway.js:107:18)
at init (/work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/jugglingdb/lib/railway.js:74:9)
at initialize (/work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/jugglingdb/index.js:94:13)
at Object.exports.init (/work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/jugglingdb/index.js:83:9)
at /work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/compound/lib/server/extensions.js:27:23
at Array.forEach (native)
at init (/work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/compound/lib/server/extensions.js:25:18)
at CompoundServer.module.exports as extensions
at CompoundServer.initCompound (/work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/compound/lib/compound.js:127:14)
at CompoundServer.initCompoundServer as init
at /work-ssd/compoundjs/myapp/node_modules/compound/lib/compound.js:84:22
at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:503:11)
at startup (node.js:129:16)
at node.js:814:3

[nsallis]

I know this is late, but the problem seams to be in schema.js. The generated code:
List = describe 'List', -> property('name', String); set 'restPath', pathTo.lists

does not work. Replace it with define ('List', function(){ property('name', String); set('restPath', pathTo.lists); });

like the example says. You may also have to add this line to your list.js model definition: name: { type: String };. I'm not sure that gets defined automatically.

[iekumdario]

I was struggling with this too. The generator is creating CoffeeScript code. Renaming the file to schema.coffee and changing the block comment to ### instead of /* */ (or deleting it) is another workaround. My guess was that to use the generator with CoffeeScript you had to use --coffee but it does so without the flag. Also the model is created with no attributes.

[yohanesgultom]

After some digging, I found out that the problem is caused by outdated co-generators code in npm registry. Pointing directly to the github repository in generated/scaffolded project's package.json & reinstalling the packages fix this issue:

    "devDependencies": {
       ...
        "co-generators": "git://github.com/compoundjs/generators.git"
    },