Web framework for node.js in CoffeeScript. Simple and sexy.

Wheels - object-oriented web framework on Node.js, written in CoffeeScript.

Installation

* Get npm (http://npmjs.org)
* run npm install wheels
* (optionaly) If you want write project in CoffeeScript <pre>npm install coffee-script</pre>
* Done

Usage

Create project(it is just good files structure, you can configure it via application options) <pre>wheels new path/to/new/project</pre>

core/app.coffee

wheels = require "wheels"
controllers = require "../controllers/controllers"
args = process.argv.splice 2
address = "127.0.0.1"
port = 1337
if args[0]
	address = args[0]
if args[1]
	port = parseInt args[1]	
my_controller = new controllers.MyController()
options =
	application:
		address: address || "127.0.0.1"
		port: port || 1337
	views:
		static_path: __dirname + "/../views/static/"
		template_path: __dirname + "/../"
		locale_path: __dirname + "/../views/locales/"
		cookie_secret: "ertyu78f020fk"
	urls:
		"/": my_controller
		"/user":
			"/posts": my_controller
app = new wheels.core.Application(options)
app.start()

controllers.js

wheels = require "wheels"
class MyController
	get: (req, res) ->
		req.session.views ?= 0
		req.session.views++
		context = { foo: req.session.views, names: ["Stas", "Boris"], numbers: [], name: -> "Bob " + "Marley"  }
		for i in [0..10]
			context.numbers.push "bla bla " + i
		res.template "view.html", context
	
	post: (req, res) ->
		res.text "hello from post"
exports.MyController = MyController

view.html

wheels uses Django-like templates from swig. See project folder.
Client-side coffee scripts will be compiled on the start.
For styling use Stylus, it is also compiled on the start.

License

This software is licensed under the BSD License. See the license file in the top distribution directory for the full license text.