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This guides the installation and usage of a variety of development tools on the Windows 10 platform.

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Getting Started

Shell

Many actions are executed from the command line (CLI). Use either command prompt or powershell. Powershell provides more unix-like commands and is what I mostly use.

  • Command prompt with WinKey-R then cmd

  • Powershell with WinKey-R then powershell

File Locations

For ease of access from the CLI, I create a folder name code on the root of C: drive. From CLI, mkdir \code.

Node

Install the LTS or current version of node for your platform. See https://nodejs.org/en/. This also install npm.

Check the newly installed version with node -v.

Global Installs

Gulp Task Runner

Gulp is installed into the project directories but gulp-cli is installed globally. npm install -g gulp-cli.

Express Application Generator

  • npm install express-generator -g

Project Installs

  • cd \code\projectname

  • Initiate node, npm init. Answer the questions or choose the defaults.

Express Framework

  • npm install express --save

ESLint

  • npm install --save-dev eslint

  • ./node_modules/.bin/eslint --init

    • I use the popular style guide Airbnb

Lint the files with ./node_modules/.bin/eslint yourfile.js or using a task runner. Use the --fix flag to automatically fix errors.

Gulp Task Runner

  • npm install --save-dev gulp

Asciidoctor

  • npm install --save-dev asciidoctor.js

  • npm install --save-dev gulp-asciidoctor