How to install Node.js modules on Windows

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 version of Node.js Windows executable program:
http://nodejs.org/#download
I used version 0.5.7 in the experiment: 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 c:nodejsnode_modules directory, and create [Module] directories respectively in this directory. Then compress the file downloaded in the previous step and copy the relevant files to the [Module] directory.
node_modules
|- connect <= connect: lib/*
|- express <= express: lib/*
|- jade <= jade: lib/*
|- mime <= mime: mime.js & types/*
|- qs <= qs: lib/*

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. Compress the downloaded express Copy the bin/express file in the package to the c:nodejs directory and rename it 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 the browser: http://localhost:3000 to view the results.

The test is now complete.
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.

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