Stylus setup

app.coffee

connect = require 'connect'
express = require 'express'
jade = require 'jade'
stylus = require 'stylus'

app = express.createServer()

# CONFIGURATION

app.configure(() ->
  app.set 'view engine', 'jade'
  app.set 'views', "#{__dirname}/views"

  app.use connect.bodyParser()
  app.use connect.static(__dirname + '/public')
  app.use express.cookieParser()
  app.use express.session({secret : "shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"})
  app.use express.logger()
  app.use express.methodOverride()
  app.use app.router
	
  app.use stylus.middleware({
    src: "#{__dirname}/views"
    dest: "#{__dirname}/public/css"
    compress: true
  })
)

app.configure 'development', () ->
	app.use express.errorHandler({
		dumpExceptions: true
		showStack     : true
	})

app.configure 'production', () ->
	app.use express.errorHandler()

# ROUTES

app.get '/', (req, res) ->
	res.render 'index'

you'll want to move static() below the stylus middleware (or add another if you want, really depends), since stylus itself does not serve the css it generates.