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@mousetraps mousetraps released this 30 Mar 20:55
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We are pleased to announce the release of Node.js Tools 1.2 Alpha for Visual Studio.

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1. Download Visual Studio "15" Preview

2. Download Node.js Tools 1.2 Alpha

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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 1.2 Alpha is available for:

  • Visual Studio "15" Preview
  • Visual Studio Community 2015 (requires Update 2 or later)
  • Visual Studio 2015 Express for Web (requires Update 2 or later)
  • Visual Studio 2015 Professional or above (requires Update 2 or later)

Note that NTVS is not available for Visual Studio Express for Windows (or Windows Desktop)

Changes since 1.1

ES6 IntelliSense Preview (new analysis engine)

As many of you may already know, we've in the midst of rehauling our JavaScript IntelliSense experience. In NTVS 1.1, we gave you a sneak peek of what's to come, and you gave us a ton of awesome feedback that we've taken to heart.

HIghlights include:

  • A more consistent IntelliSense experience for fullstack development
  • first-class support for the most popular npm packages
  • JsDoc comment support
  • improved JSX support (requires Visual Studio "15" Preview)

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To learn more about this experience, please visit the ES6 Preview documentation

Project-less debugging of Node.js code via “Open Folder” (requires Visual Studio "15" Preview)

In Visual Studio "15" Preview, we're making it easier to edit and debug from any folder on your machine using "File > Open Folder".
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Then you can simply launch debugging for any javascript file in the folder without the need to set up a dedicated Visual Studio project configuration.
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More reliable editing and debugging

We expect the 1.2 Alpha release to provide both a much better user experience and improved stability. In particular, it brings increased reliability when debugging asynchronous and source-mapped code, as well as significantly increased stability and performance all around.

(Preliminary) Node.js v6.x support

A stable Node.js v6.x isn't even out yet, but many of our users love to use the latest and greatest, and we've already tested and added preliminary support for it, so please let us know if you run into any issues!

Known Issues

  • #125 Attach debugger to Azure deployment via Server Explorer fails. You can attach manually as outlined on the Advanced Debugging page.
  • #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 Team Services, 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

Thank you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who took their time to report issues, send feedback for this release. We very much appreciate your help!

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.

Miscellaneous thoughts on the release? Give us a shout-out on twitter!

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