A simple boilerplate for a back-end worker

Clone it and run npm install to get going. Run npm start or grunt to start your server.

Everything is written in CoffeeScript, but executed in JavaScript thanks to grunt.

Features

Automatic restart

Everytime your code is changed, grunt re-compiles your code from CoffeeScript to JavaScript and restarts your server.

CoffeeLint

Your code will also be checked by CoffeeLint to keep code quality high.

Debuggin with node-inspector

The node-inspector is included right out of the box, so you can debug more efficiently.

Super fast Promises

This boilerplates equips you with the fastest promises library on the market - bluebird. Now you really don't have a reason to use vanilla or async anymore.

Tests and coverage reports

Just type npm test or grunt test to compile and run all test as well generate an html coverage report.

Testing promises with sugar

To test your code, you can write nice code like promise.should.become "promise fulfilled" and promise.should.be.rejectedWith Error, "promise rejected" instead of calling

promise.then (a) ->
  a.should.equal "promise fulfilled"
  done()
, (err) ->
  done err

and

promise.then (a) ->
  done new Error "promise was fulfilled. Expected rejection"
, (err) ->
  a.message.should.equal "promise rejected"
  done()