Node.js Tools for Visual Studio

Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio by WorldWideWayne on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @05:32PM (#9266070)

What evidence do you have that the majority of developers are on Unix? Just web devs or all devs?

I doubt that it's true in either case. IT departments around the world employ programmers to make all sorts of business apps including internet/intranet web apps. Even some very small companies have custom apps to do business and the vast majority of businesses are using Windows.

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Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio by joshuapants on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @06:08PM (#9266317)

There seems to be a common thread on HN of people assuming that trendy startups are the entirety of the software industry.

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Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio by NeutronBoy on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @09:12PM (#9267201)

And this is a great development - it means for future enterprise projects, Node will become a more realistic choice, because it means that using Node on a project doesn't require orgs to build entirely new infrastructure to support * nix deployments or dev environments.

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Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio by scubadude on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @06:01PM (#9266276)

For the most part, npm packages work fine on both Windows and nix platforms. However, it is pretty clear that most are developed on, and have fewest problems with, nix. I believe that is due to the massive popularity of Macs with the JavaScript-focused web dev crowd.

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