My First CoffeeScript

11/05/15

So, after a bit of complete confusion on how to do anything, I wrote this little bit of code (which will hopefully transform into something more significant soon).


argParser = () ->

    argparse = require 'argparse'

    parser = new argparse.ArgumentParser(

        version: '0.0.1'

        addHelp: true

        description: 'Initialize post for editing'

    )



    parser.addArgument(

        ['title'],

        help: 'Title of post to initialize'

    )

    return parser



parseArgs = (rawArgs) ->

    parser = argParser()

    return parser.parseArgs()



console.log parseArgs process.argv[2..]

Right now, all it does is print out the parsed arguments object that the argparse parser returns.

The idea is to have an "initPost" script that will generate the files I write blog posts in. I'll just feed in the title of my post, and the resulting filename will be named how I want it to be named. Right now, I copy a template file into filename-esque version of the title I have in mind, and that's how I get the file I edit for blogging purposes.

Eventually, I hope to have most of my site stuff hidden under scripts, so I can more easily transition from static filenames to a smarter database.

If I do it fast enough, I can get everything set up all nice right before I start from scratch! Which actually is pretty perfect, will give me a clean slate to work in and experience doing what I want to do.