With NTVS (Node.js Tools 1.0 for Visual Studio) released Wednesday, Microsoft is enabling its Windows software development platform for use as a Node.js IDE. NTVS is a free, open source extension ...

Microsoft today launched its Node.js Tools for Visual Studio in alpha, which now allows developers to edit, and debug node.js code right in Microsoft’s popular IDE.

The Apache-licensed Node.js Tools for Visual Studio offer editing with IntelliSense, Node.js projects, debugging, profiling, and deployment, all inside Microsoft's IDE.