Commit 0a85987
doc: update build instructions for Windows
The Visual C++ Build Tools are supported to build Node on Windows
and already used in CI, so they should be included in the build
instructions.
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
PR-URL: #72851 parent 6324723 commit 0a85987
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@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ $ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)" | |||
| 89 | 89 | Prerequisites: | |
| 90 | 90 | ||
| 91 | 91 | * [Python 2.6 or 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/) | |
| 92 | - * Visual Studio 2013 / 2015, all editions including the Community edition, or | ||
| 93 | - * Visual Studio Express 2013 / 2015 for Desktop | ||
| 92 | + * One of: | ||
| 93 | + * [Visual C++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools) | ||
| 94 | + * [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) 2013 / 2015, all editions including the Community edition | ||
| 95 | + * [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) Express 2013 / 2015 for Desktop | ||
| 94 | 96 | * Basic Unix tools required for some tests, | |
| 95 | 97 | [Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash | |
| 96 | 98 | and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`. | |
@@ -107,8 +109,8 @@ To run the tests: | |||
| 107 | 109 | ||
| 108 | 110 | To test if Node.js was built correctly: | |
| 109 | 111 | ||
| 110 | - ``` | ||
| 111 | - $ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)" | ||
| 112 | + ```text | ||
| 113 | + > Release\node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js', process.version)" | ||
| 112 | 114 | ``` | |
| 113 | 115 | ||
| 114 | 116 | ### Android / Android-based devices (e.g., Firefox OS) | |
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