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Getting Started

• NTVS Installation
• Install Node.js and get started with NTVS
• 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  • NTVS Overview video - fast-paced overview of NTVS with @DinoViehland (outdated, but still good)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
  • ES6 IntelliSense Preview
• Debugging
  • Basic Debugging
    • Breakpoints, call stacks, understanding your application state, and more
    • Edit-and-Continue
    • Debugging Options
  • Advanced Debugging
    • Advanced Breakoints
    • 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.

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