WebStorm, CoffeeScript, LESS

Setup External Tools to compile CoffeeScript (this helped):

• Navigate to "External Tools" in the "IDE Settings".


• Click the little ‘plus’ icon to ‘add’ a new tool.


• Program: c:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\npm\coffee.cmd


• Parameters: -c $FileName$ (or whatever is needed)


• Path: c:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\npm (or whatever is needed)

Example setup to compile LESS (this helped):

• c:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\npm\lessc.cmd


• $FileName$ > ..\lesscss\$FileNameWithoutExtension$.css


• $FileDir$