Use "coffee" instead of "node" command in production

I have an app.js that is running express.js.

I wanna convert the code to coffeescript and thought about to create a app.coffee that I compile to app.js so I can run it with "node app.js".

But then it hit me that I could just write that file in app.coffee and run it with "coffee app.coffee".

Is this a better way? Can I run the server with "coffee" in production?