connect-browserify¶

% npm install connect-browserify

express = require('express');
browserify = require('connect-browserify');
coffeeify = require('coffeeify');

app = express();
app.use('/js/app.js', browserify.serve({
  entry: 'src/app.js',            // entry for your application

  requirements: ['src/views.js'], // additional modules to require, will
                                  // be exposed under id relative to
                                  // entry, e.g. './views' in current
                                  // example

  shims: {                        // shims for non-CommonJS components
    jquery: {                     // uses browserify-shim package,
      path: 'src/vendor/jquery',  // see its docs for details
      exports: '$',
      depends: []
    }
  },

  watch: true,                    // watch entry's directory for changes and
                                  // rebuild

  transforms: [coffeeify],        // transforms to use

  debug: true,                    // see browserify docs, other options are
  insertGlobals: true,            // also supported and will be passed to
                                  // browserify bundle() calll

  contentType: 'text/javascript', // Content-type header to use, by default
                                  // this equals to 'application/javascript'

  extensions: ['.js', '.coffee'], // experimental option of a fork of
                                  // browserify at andreypopp/node-browserify,
                                  // allows to consider non-js files as
                                  // CommonJS modules
  })
);

app.listen(3000);