Commit 54a2bec1 authored by Robert Knight's avatar Robert Knight

Add documentation on the CoffeeScript -> JS conversion process

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// an initial CoffeeScript -> ES2015 conversion,
// then reformats the result using TypeScript formatter
// and JSCS
//
// The conversion process for H source is as follows:
//
// 1. Run this script on the .coffee file(s) to
// perform an initial conversion.
//
// If there is anything in the CoffeeScript that
// decaffeinate cannot handle, you might need to
// simplify the offending CoffeeScript (as indicated
// by the error output) and try again.
//
// 2. Remove the input .coffee files from the source tree.
// 3. Remove any ES2015-isms which are not currently allowed
// in the main codebase, also check for common issues
// in the converted source from the list below.
// 4. Re-run the tests and verify that everything works.
// 5. Repeat steps 1-4 with the '-test.coffee' file that
// corresponds to the converted source file.
//
// Issues to look out for in the converted source:
//
// - Run JSHint on the generated output and check for any
// violations (eg. unused variables)
// - Unnecessary 'return' statements in the last
// line of a function. CoffeeScript implicitly returns
// the last expression in a function, so the generated
// JS source has to do the same.
var Checker = require('jscs');
var babylon = require('babylon');
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