index.coffee

# assignment is pretty
# you never have to worry about typing 'var'
# and no need to wrap args in ()
fs            = require "fs"
sys           = require "sys"
global.client = require "./client"
args          = process.argv.slice 2

# i like that in coffeescript
# you automatically return the last statement
# like in ruby
#
# also, like in ruby, loops can return an array
# of all of the values return from the iterator function 
commands = for fileName in fs.readdirSync("./commands")
  do (fileName) ->
    fileName.replace /\.\w+$/, ''

command = args.shift()

processor = require("./commands/" + command )

processor.run(args)