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CafeScript

CafeScript is a node component driven preprocessor.

Usage

CafeScript can be imported as a library that will run .cafe scripts and output them to process.stdout or installed globally and run as $ cafe myfile.cafe.

Syntax

CafeScript .cafe files are simillar to .php files. CafeScript will preprocess the file running the JavaScript code between the <$ $> tags. The JavaScript has access to NodeJS globals as well as a print function. The print function prints to the output stream which defaults to stdout.

Standard Out

// main.js
require('cafescript');

var script = require('./myscript.cafe');
script();

<!-- myscript.cafe -->
<$
var hello = 'Hello, World';
$>
<html>
  <head>
    <title><$ print(hello); $></title>
  </head>
  <body>
<$

// Include other scripts like this:
// var script = require('./other.cafe');
// script();

print('CafeScript');

$>
		<div>
<$

// Use inline mode

$>
			<$= 'hello' $>
		</div>
  </body>
</html>

Middleware

CafeScript also exports a middleware function with the signature function(req, res) where res is an output stream the file will use as an output and req is an accesable global request in the script.