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However, there is news that Microsoft has contacted Node.js officials, and I believe there will be improvements soon.
So without installing Cygwin, is it possible to set up a Node.js environment on Windows for experimental development? I did a simple test using Node.js express, and it is basically feasible.
The steps are as follows:
1. Download the official non-stable Windows executable program of Node.js:
http://nodejs.org/#download
I used 0.5 in the experiment .7 version: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.7/node.exe
2. Create the c:nodejs directory and save node.exe in this directory
3. Download express. Because of dependencies, we also need to download: connect, qs, mime and jade (express default template system. If you use other template systems, you need to download the corresponding system)
Name Address Experimental Version
------ -------------------------------------------------- -------
express: https://github.com/visionmedia/express 2.4.3
connect: https://github.com/senchalabs/connect 1.7.1
qs: https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring 0.3.1
mime: https://github.com/bentomas/node-mime 1.2.4
jade: https://github.com/ visionmedia/jade 0.15.4
4. Create the c:nodejsnode_modules directory, and create [Module] directories in this directory. Then compress the file downloaded in the previous step and copy the relevant files to the [Module] directory.
node_modules
|- connect |- express |- jade |- mime |- qs
5. In the c:nodejsnode_modules directory, create the following files:
connect.js
Content: module.exports = require('./connect/connect');
express.js
Content: module.exports = require('./express/express');
jade.js
Content: module.exports = require('./jade/jade');
mime.js
Content: module.exports = require('./mime/mime');
qs .js
Content: module.exports = require('./qs/querystring');
6. Copy the bin/express file in the downloaded express compressed package to the c:nodejs directory, and Rename to express.js
7. Modify the express.js file, taking 2.4.3 as an example below:
7.1. Modify the mkdir function body
401: exec('mkdir -p ' path, function(err){
->exec('md ' path, function(err){
7.2. Modify mkdir function call
263: mkdir(path '/public/javascripts');
->mkdir(path '\public\javascripts');
264: mkdir(path '/public/images');
->mkdir(path '\public\images');
265: mkdir(path '/public/stylesheets', function(){
->mkdir(path '\public\stylesheets', function(){
280: mkdir(path '/views', function(){
->mkdir(path '\views', function(){
8. Create an express project:
c:nodejsnode.exe express.js -s hello
9. c:nodejsnode_modules*.* => c:nodejshellonode_modules
10. Run and test:
c:nodejsnode.exe helloapp.js
Open in browser: http://localhost :3000 to view the results.
The test is now completed.
The test file is given below. In the test file, I also tested express session. You can open it in the browser: http://localhost:3000/session to view the results.
Test file: nodejs.rar