NTVS 1.1 RC3
Pre-release
We are pleased to announce the release of Node.js Tools 1.1 RC3 for Visual Studio.
Downloads
1. Download Visual Studio Community 2015
2. Download Node.js Tools 1.1 RC3
Looking for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013 support?
RELEASE NOTES
Node.js Tools for Visual Studio (NTVS) is a free, open-source plug-in that turns Visual Studio into a Node.js Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It supports a broad range of features including editing, IntelliSense, cross platform and remote debugging, edit and continue, npm integration, profiling, TypeScript, and an integrated REPL window. NTVS also includes a set of project templates that make it easy to quickly create and deploy websites to Microsoft Azure Websites or Cloud Services.
NTVS 1.1 RC3 is available for:
- Visual Studio Community 2015
- Visual Studio Community 2013
- Visual Studio 2015 Express for Web
- Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web (requires Update 2 or later)
- Visual Studio 2015 Professional or above
- Visual Studio 2013 Professional or above (requires Update 2 or later)
- Visual Studio 2012 Professional or above (requires Update 4)
Note that NTVS is not available for Visual Studio Express for Windows (or Windows Desktop)
Changes since 1.1 RC2.1
This is a minor update that contains fixes for several issues identified in the RC2.1 release. In this release, we've fixed issues from all across the product.
Highlights include:
- More consistent debug-attach and remote debugging [#362, #246, #548, #423]
- Significant performance and stability improvements [#521, #427, #369, #392, #508, #70]
- IntelliSense experience improvements
- More reliable npm integration [#493, #511, #521]
- Fix function source code view during profiling [#299]
- Support for VS2015 Update 1 [#530]
Numerous bug fixes
All across the product numerous issues have been fixed. We expect the RC3 release to provide both a much better user experience and improved stability. We would like to thank all of the people who took their time to report issues, send feedback for this release. We very much appreciate your help!
Known Issues
Planned for NTVS 1.1 RTW
- #566 IntelliSense sometimes yields incomplete completion sets with new projects. The workaround is to install a new package.
- #552 Gruntfile.js failed to load: System.NotImplementedException at ..DependentFileNode.GetEditLabel()
- #361 VS2015 sometimes crashes when updating npm packages [external, to be fixed in VS2015 Update 1 RTW]
- #125 Attach debugger to Azure deployment via Server Explorer fails. You can attach manually as outlined on the Advanced Debugging page.
Other
- #418 The TypeScript template does not contain the definitions for the Mocha test framework. Download and reference the typings manually as described in the issue to avoid type errors in Mocha tests.
- #434 Profiling does not resolve function names if using 64-bit Node. Install and profile 32-bit Node to work around this issue.
- ReSharper is known to cause code-completion, memory, and performance issues when enabled alongside NTVS. We recommend disabling at least ReSharper's JavaScript functionality if you are having problems.
- NTVS does not fully support build and test features of Visual Studio Online, but we are working to improve the experience. If you are having trouble, please file an issue so we can get to the bottom of it.
- We are constantly working to improve our code-completion and formatting to support the wide variety of modules and code styles. Please file an issue if you are running into unexpected behavior.
For a full list of issues, head on over to our issue tracker
Help make NTVS Better
NTVS is an open source project and we’re always willing to take high quality contributions. If you’d like to contribute, please check out our issue tracker for outstanding bugs and features which can be implemented. You can also help make NTVS better by reporting issues or helping out your fellow users on GitHub.
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