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This will install the npm modules specified in the package.json, which can see from the folder npm in the Visual Studio project.Īnother cool feature of Node.js Tools for Visual Studio, is that it you can install npm modules from Visual Studio itself.
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Let’s choose “Yes” to run npm install to get the dependencies. The Express.js project will ask for run npm install to get the dependencies specified in package.json. Let’s choose a Blank Windows Azure Express Application which will create a Express.js application and will add a web.config file for Windows Azure web site. We can see the Node.js project templates from the JavaScript language section. Let’s create a Node.js web site in Visual Studio.
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You can download the Node.js Tools for Visual Studio from its Codeplex site. I have been using WebStorm for Node.js development, but an IDE with a better integration of Windows Azure is a really an exciting thing for me.īuilding Node.js Web Sites in Visual Studio It is really nice that developing Node.js apps on Visual Studio which provides excellent integration with Windows Azure so that we can easily develop Node.js apps with the cool features of Visual Studio and can finally deploy the apps to Windows Azure. Microsoft has been released an alpha version of Node.js Tools for Visual Studio which does work with Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013.
#NODE JS TOOLS FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2013 HOW TO#
In this blog post, I will take a look at Node.js Tools for Visual Studio and will demonstrate how to build a Node.js web site in Visual Studio and deploy it on Windows Azure by using Node.js Tools for Visual Studio.