NPM & gulp tools in VS 2015

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Did Microsoft create there own version of NPM & Gulp commands in Visual Studio 2015 or VS 2015 setup is actually installing NodeJs runtime behind the scene to get access to these commands?

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Posted 21-Jun-16 7:58am

i_syed2000

Updated 21-Jun-16 9:55am

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xszaboj · Answer 1 · 2016-06-21T09:55:00

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For Visual studio 2015:

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If you are using VS 2015 and ASP.NET 5, Visual Studio will install npm and gulp for you automatically.

So when you have node.js and gulp installed, you can use gulp from console. But it is better to have it integrated in Visual studio in order to do that you need this tool:
Task Runner Explorer extension[^]

If you want to read whole tutorial:
How to use Gulp in Visual Studio | Dave Paquette[^]

Posted 21-Jun-16 9:55am

xszaboj

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i_syed2000 22-Jun-16 15:30pm

Thanks xszaboj. But do you know if these tools are written by Microsoft using C/C++/.NET and Microsoft gave them the same name as NodeJs tools for sake ease?

xszaboj 22-Jun-16 16:28pm

Sorry, no idea about that :(