CoffeeScript For NetBeans 8.0 Plugin: Set Target Folder For Compiles JS

Question

I am using this Plugin for NetBeans CoffeeScript For NetBeans to compile my CoffeeScript File to JS.

For the project I have this folder.

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The coffee file will go to the app/coffee and the compiled goes to app/js.

What I want is, when I compile the File, it will go to the /app/js folder. But as it stands, it only dumps the file on the same folder where the coffee file is.

There is a setting in the Tools > Options, where I can set the target directory as seen in the screenshot.

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But when I set it, the compiled result became like this.

Is there anyone who use NetBeans know how to do set this up?

Answer 1

You can use Grunt/Gulp to compile coffescript instead of the plugin. Set watcher (grunt-contrib-watch) to watch your coffee scripts files and set the watcher to execute grunt-contrib-coffee task upon file save.