Document prerequisites for Windows port

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ An Aerospike add-on module for Node.js.
 This module is compatible with Node.js v4.x (LTS), v6.x (LTS), v8.x (LTS) and
 v9.x. It supports the following operating systems: CentOS/RHEL 6/7, Debian
 7/8/9, Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04, as well as many Linux destributions compatible
-with one of these OS releases. macOS is also supported.
+with one of these OS releases. macOS and Windows are also supported.
 
 - [Usage](#Usage)
 - [Prerequisites](#Prerequisites)
@@ -101,15 +101,16 @@ Details about the API are available in the [`docs`](docs) directory.
 <a name="Prerequisites"></a>
 ## Prerequisites
 
-The aerospike package supports Node.js v4.x (LTS), v6.x (LTS) and v8.x. To
-download and install the latest stable version of Node.js, visit
+The Aerospike Node.js client supports all Node.js [LTS
+releases](https://github.com/nodejs/Release#release-schedule). To download and
+install the latest stable version of Node.js, visit
 [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/) or use the version that comes bundled with
 your operating system.
 
-The Aerospike package includes a native addon. `gcc`/`g++` v4.8 or newer or
-`clang`/`clang++` v3.4 or newer are required to build the addon.
+The package includes a native add-on. `gcc`/`g++` v4.8 or newer or
+`clang`/`clang++` v3.4 or newer are required to build the add-on.
 
-The Aerospike addon depends on the Aerospike C client library, which gets
+The Aerospike add-on depends on the Aerospike C client library, which is
 downloaded during package installation. Either the cURL or Wget command line tool
 is required for this. See ["C Client Resolution"](#C-Client-Resolution) below for
 further information.
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ sudo yum install gcc-c++ openssl-devel
 ```
 
 Note: The `gcc` tool chain included in CentOS/RHEL 6.x is gcc-4.4. To build the
-Aerospike addon using Node.js v4 or later, gcc-4.8 or later is required. To
+Aerospike add-on using Node.js v4 or later, gcc-4.8 or later is required. To
 update the gcc tool chain you can install a recent version of the
  [Red Hat Developer Toolset](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-developer-toolset/)
 or a compatible devtoolset version for CentOS.
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ $ brew install openssl
 $ brew link openssl --force
 ```
 
+### Windows
+
+See [Prerequisites for Aerospike Node.js Client on Windows](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-nodejs/blob/master/README_WINDOWS.md).
+
 <a name="Installation"></a>
 ## Installation
 
@@ -333,13 +338,12 @@ The API docs also contain a few basic tutorials:
 
 * [Getting Started - Connecting to an Aerospike database cluster](https://www.aerospike.com/apidocs/nodejs/tutorial-getting_started.html)
 * [Managing Aerospike connections in a Node cluster](https://www.aerospike.com/apidocs/nodejs/tutorial-node_clusters.html)
-* [Handling asynchronous database operations using Callbacks, Promises or async/await](https://www.aerospike.com/apidocs/nodejs/tutorial-callbacks_promises_async_await.html)
+* [Handling asynchronous database operations using Callbacks, Promises or `async`/`await`](https://www.aerospike.com/apidocs/nodejs/tutorial-callbacks_promises_async_await.html)
 
 A variety of additional example applications are provided in the
 [`examples`](examples) directory of this repository.
 
-The list of [backward incompatible API changes](docs/api-changes.md) by release,
-to the API by release.
+The list of [backward incompatible API changes](docs/api-changes.md) by release.
 
 ### API Versioning
 

README_WINDOWS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Aerospike Node.js Client on Windows [![appveyor][appveyor-image]][appveyor-url]
+
+[appveyor-image]: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/1pwlt87blqrmgyis/branch/master?svg=true
+[appveyor-url]: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/aerospike/aerospike-client-nodejs/
+
+The Aerospike Node.js client port to Windows is a community supported project
+and suitable for application prototyping and development.
+
+<a name="Prerequisites"></a>
+## Prerequisites
+
+* Windows 7 or later
+* Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools or later
+* Node.js v4.x (LTS) or later
+
+The package includes a native add-on. To compile the add-on, Microsoft's Visual
+C++ Build Tools 2015 are required. The easiest way to install the build tools,
+is to install the [`windows-build-tools`
+](https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools) package using npm.
+
+The Aerospike Node.js client depends on the Aerospike C client. During
+installation, a copy of the C client SDK is downloaded and compiled.
+Additionally set of pre-built, third-party libraries are downloaded and
+installed via the
+[`aerospike-client-c-dependencies`](https://www.nuget.org/packages/aerospike-client-c-dependencies)
+nuget package. Please refer to the [Aerospike C client
+documentation](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-c/tree/master/vs)
+for further information.