Installation
Welcome! Node.js Tools for Visual Studio, aka NTVS, is a free/OSS plug-in that turns Visual Studio into a Node.js IDE. It only takes a few steps to get setup so let's jump right into it.
- Install Visual Studio
NTVS is a plug-in built on top of Visual Studio 2012, 2013, or 2015. NTVS supports:
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FREE editions of Visual Studio
- Visual Studio 2013 Community [RECOMMENDED]
- Visual Studio 2015 Community (requires NTVS 1.1 Beta, or higher)
- Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web + Update 4
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Visual Studio Pro, Premium, and Ultimate
- Visual Studio 2015 (requires NTVS 1.1 Beta, or higher)
- Visual Studio 2013 + Update 4
- Visual Studio 2012 + Update 4
- Install Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
Available Releases
- NTVS 1.1 Beta includes support for Visual Studio 2012, 2013, and 2015 RC
- NTVS 1.0 includes support for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013
- Dev Builds include the most recent changes and bugfixes (available for Visual Studio 2012, 2013, and 2015)
- Older NTVS releases are also available.
Installation
NTVS installs via msi and takes only a few minutes.
Accept the license, click install, that's it!
- Install Node.js and Get Started with NTVS
On completion, follow the link to install Node.js and get started with NTVS.