Cakefile

# Compile the coffee in bare joined mode.

{exec, spawn} = require 'child_process'
fs = require 'fs'
util = require 'util'

print = (data) ->
  console.log data.trimRight()

task 'build', 'Compile Coffeescript to Javascript', ->
  exec 'mkdir -p lib && coffee --bare --output lib --compile --join weird.js src/*.coffee'

task 'clean', 'Remove generated Javascripts', ->
  exec 'rm -fr lib'

task 'test', 'Run the tests', ->
  vows = exec "vows --spec test/*test*"
  vows.stdout.on 'data', print
  vows.stderr.on 'data', print

helper.coffee

# test/helper.coffee
# Create globals for the classes under test.

global.util = require 'util'
global.assert = require 'assert'

require '../src/array'
global.World = require('../src/world').World
global.Inspector = require('../src/inspector').Inspector
global.Lseq = require('../src/lseq').Lseq

vows = require 'vows'

max_obj.coffee

w = new World 16, 8
gw = new Global "world"
@bang = ->
  post w.cells.length

world.coffee

# src/world.coffee
# Define classes as top level vars.

@World = class
  constructor: (@lseq, @cells) ->
    unless @cells?
      @cells = @generateCells()
      @reset()

  generateCells: ->
    len = @length() - 1
    @lseq.toCoords(i) for i in [0..len]

world_test.coffee

# test/world_test.coffee
# Test the globals defined in helper.coffee.

require './helper'

test module, 'World',
  'constructor with an lseq and no provided cells':
    topic: ->
      @lseq = new Lseq({x:0, y:0}, 2, 2)
      @world = new World @lseq
    'has an lseq': ->
      @world.lseq.should eq @lseq
    'has an array of cells with 0 state': ->
      cells = [
        {x: 0, y: 0, state: 0},
        {x: 1, y: 0, state: 0},
        {x: 0, y: 1, state: 0},
        {x: 1, y: 1, state: 0}
      ]
      @world.cells.should deq cells