Using the node-open module you can open files or URLs in the user’s preferred application.
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Browser-Side Node.js Style Modules require() and exports with Browserify
Browserify is an excellent tool that lets you use CommonJS modules right in the browser by bundling them up into a single large file. If you are well acquainted with Node and it’s way of loading modules via require('module') and exporting them using module.exports = ..., this is the exact pattern browserify brings to the browser. Not only can you write your own modules in this format and load/export them, but you can also use those installed via npm!
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Using CoffeeScript over JavaScript in your Node.js Application or Module
If you’ve wanted to code your next Node.js app in CoffeeScript then it ain’t that hard. Since coffeescript is just a little language that compiles down to javascript it is pretty much compatible with node.js. Let’s take a look at some of the ways in which you can execute your node.js script (written in coffeescript).
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