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🎵Note: This documentation is outdated at this point, especially when using the Node tools in Visual Studio 2017. We're working on update docs, and will redirect you to those when they're ready.

Getting Started

• Install Node.js and get started!
• Tutorials and Walkthroughs
  • NTVS Overview video - fast-paced overview of NTVS with @DinoViehland (outdated, but still good)
  • Node.js and NTVS Walkthrough (Channel 9) - discussion and walkthrough of Node.js/NTVS with @mousetraps
  • Tutorial: Build a Node.js powered chatroom web app in NTVS with Rami Sayar
• FAQ
• Troubleshooting

See "Features in-Depth" below for more information on TypeScript support, running Grunt on build, deploying to Azure, and other NTVS features.

Contributing

• Contributing to NTVS
• Build Instructions for NTVS
• Running Our Tests
• Manual Test Matrix
• Microsoft Internal Contributor Docs

Features In-Depth

• IntelliSense and Editing
• Debugging
  • Basic Debugging
    • Breakpoints, call stacks, understanding your application state, and more
    • Edit-and-Continue
    • Debugging Options
  • Advanced Debugging
    • Advanced Breakpoints
    • Remote Debugging (Windows, Linux, MacOS)
    • Remote Debugging on Windows Azure
    • Remote Debugging Linux Walkthrough
• Projects
  • Project System Overview
  • Project Types
  • Import/Create Project from Existing files
  • Ignoring Directories for Analysis
  • Linked files
  • Working with Browser/Client-side code
    • IntelliSense and Editing
    • Debugging
  • io.js and ES6 Support
• TypeScript
  • Installation
  • Working with TypeScript
• npm Integration
  • npm in the Command Prompt
  • .npm in the Node.js Interactive Window
  • npm install GUI
  • Solution Explorer
  • npm log in Output Window
• Interactive Window (REPL)
  • Getting started and opening the Interactive Window
  • Editing and navigation
  • Commands
  • Known issues
• Profiling
  • Start a new profiling session
  • Using an existing v8 log
• Azure Deployment
  • Azure Website using Web Deploy
    • Deploying your app with the 'Publish' command
    • Converting to an Azure project type
    • File Watching
    • Known Issues
  • Azure Website using Git Deploy
  • Azure Cloud Service - Web Role and Worker Role
    • Cloud Service overview and requirements
    • Creating a Cloud Service project
    • Deploying your project
• Test Explorer
  • Discovering Tests
    • Mocha tests
    • Exported tests
    • Groups and filters
  • Running Tests
  • Extensibility
• Pre and Post Build Actions (running grunt on build)

Recommended Extensions

• Package IntelliSense
• Web Essentials (includes jslint and jshint support)
• Task Runner Explorer (for grunt and gulp)
• EditorConfig
• Minimal Visual Studio settings - a set of extensions and settings to make VS feel more minimal.
• Npm Task Runner - Task runner for npm scripts.

Node.js on Windows Resources

• Microsoft Node.js guidelines
• MAX_PATH workarounds
• iisnode - hosting Node.js applications on Windows
• nvm-windows - for switching between Node versions on the fly