Minimum version of nodejs to create an extension

[terrymyer]

What is the minimum version of node.js to create extensions for vscode.
I could not find docs for this.
I found vscode uses electron 1.7.12 which uses node version 7, but vscode itself uses 8.9, please could someone explain this.

[bpasero]

@terrymyer yes node 7.9.0 is the version extensions are running against via electron. we typically try to keep the node.d.ts up to date for extensions to reflect this version (here).