Node.js and Microsoft: A love story about developer tools

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Shows concrete fixes and tools: Windows users get windows-build-tools installed through npm instead of a full Visual Studio, npm v3 flattening and .NET Core add long-path support helping MAX_PATH, Bash on Windows (WSL) ships as a preview, Node-Chakra work aims at VM neutrality. Demonstrates Visual Studio Code using the TypeScript compiler for JavaScript intellisense, debugs a Twitter bot live (found a missing Math.floor and fixes it), and replays a recorded run with time-travel debugging; follow-up posts claim Windows users are 41% happier.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:39My confession
3. 1:07I was skeptical
4. 1:40My aha moment
5. 2:13Speed Productivity Flexibility
6. 3:14Code goes a long way
7. 3:46You can develop how you want
8. 4:18The application grows with you
9. 4:48Why do we care
10. 5:13The response
11. 5:28We were wrong
12. 6:01NPM v3
13. 6:38Native modules on Windows
14. 8:27Visual C build tools
15. 9:04Windows build tools
16. 9:36Sentiment analysis
17. 9:59Windows CLI
18. 10:23Bash on Windows
19. 10:51Building firstclass development tools
20. 11:15Bringing the magic of Visual Studio to Node
21. 11:26Visual Studio Code
22. 12:00Writing ridiculous applications
23. 12:33Twitter bot
24. 12:55Javascript
25. 14:23Typescript
26. 15:25GetInspiration
27. 16:51Breakpoint
28. 17:13Isaacs bobblehead
29. 17:56Undefined
30. 18:25Okay great
31. 18:42What went wrong
32. 19:30Running the application
33. 19:54Moment of truth
34. 20:24Integration with workflow
35. 20:49Debug settings
36. 21:09Debug server
37. 21:43Restart debugger
38. 22:12Typings file
39. 22:30Global
40. 22:58Express
41. 23:34Time travel debugging
42. 25:32Runtime information
43. 25:57Time travel
44. 26:10Time rave
45. 26:27Recording the deep process
46. 26:47Running it locally
47. 27:21Mousetraps
48. 27:55Resources

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