Modules

Since both client and server are written in CoffeeScript (JavaScript) it makes sense to share code between the two. Node already supports the CommonJS standard (require(), exports etc.), but browsers don't. On the clientside we therefore use https://github.com/sstephenson/stitch which allows us to use the exact same code and functions as under Node.

In CommonJS each file is a module and completely separated from the other modules. Modules interact with each other through exports and require(). A typical module will export a single class:

# File: foo.js
Parent = require 'parent'
class Foo extends Parent
    constructor: (@v) ->

module.exports = Foo

You can then use the class as follows:

Foo = require 'foo'
fooInstance = new Foo 'x'