On: Scaling GitHub's Employees

[snprbob86]

I coded up a HipChat bot in < 100 lines of CoffeeScript. It leverages the existing module system to make plugin writing hilariously easy:

  if msg[0] == '!'
    [cmd, args...] = msg.slice(1).split(' ')
    require("commands/#{cmd}").exec(chat, args)

Just add a coffee file to the commands directory and export an `exec` function which callc `chat.reply` -- couldn't be easier!

[brown9-2 → snprbob86]

Hmm, would you have any pointers on where to start with CoffeeScript to do something like this?

[snprbob86 → brown9-2]

https://gist.github.com/940969

[brown9-2 → snprbob86]

Thanks!