You too should try coffeescript— the compiler has a watcher built in that makes the compilation completely transparent. For me at least, the time saved vastly o

You too should try coffeescript— the compiler has a watcher built in that makes the compilation completely transparent. For me at least, the time saved vastly outweighs adding that one step to project setup. I always commit both files (.coffee and .js) together, so I know for sure that the compiled version is up to date. (With the disclaimer that the CoffeeScript syntax is still unstable, so it probably shouldn't be used for anything mission critical.)