In this article, I’ll show you how to build an environment on windows that gives you the same experience in developing Node as on Linux or OSX. There’s a preview:
Git Bash
Git bash provides you powerful commands such as git and ssh, it will be installed with Git.
Node Version Manager for Windows
Node version manager helps you manage and switch your Node version easily. I recommended nvm-windows on windows, who will place a link of current version of Node at regular Node installation path and set environment variables for you automatically.
ConEmu
ConEmu supports multiple tabs of console, with plenty of configuration for customization(In fact, you can run any windows application in ConEmu).
Taobao npm registry(In China)
Within GFW, there may be problem while trying to install some packages. Use taobao npm registry:
ATTENTION: you must reconfigure npm after node version changed.