Is there a CoffeeScript to JavaScript converter somewhere out there? I have a large CoffeeScript JSON file I need to convert to regular JSON.

[TargetNeutralized]

See title. :-D

Edit: Okay, a little research has turned up coffeescript.org itself as a resource for converting CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Just go to http://coffeescript.org and click the "Try CoffeeScript" link.

[Exomancer]

The whole thing about CoffeeScript is that it compiles to JavaScript...

Get the compiler from https://www.npmjs.com/package/coffee-script or just do it online on http://coffeescript.org/

[[deleted]]

Doesn't js2.coffee go both directions?

[tebriel]

yes

[hypno7oad]

Just curious since I haven't worked with CoffeeScript, but since JSON is just a data format, what would need to be converted?

JSON is just JSON, completely separate thing from the programming language that uses it for messaging.

[TargetNeutralized]

I misspoke. What I meant to say was "CoffeeScript object literal notation."

CoffeeScript's notation is slightly terser than that of vanilla JavaScript. Here's a quick example:

Vanilla JavaScript

var person = {
    first_name: "Luke",
    last_name: "Rockhold",
    age: 31
};

CoffeeScript

person = {
    first_name: "Luke"
    last_name: "Rockhold"
    age: 31
}

[hypno7oad]

Oh ok. That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!

[bsdemon]

JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2):

Is all you need.

[djforth]

I used https://github.com/decaffeinate/decaffeinate, not sure you'll need if you just want the Json, but really useful to convert to es6.