Windows development challenges...

[stela5]

Not sure how many of these are my fault/naivete, but I figured I'd list them here in case others ran into them:

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Windows path too long issue:
nodejs/node#1849
remy/nodemon#559

Workaround (see nodejs/node#1849 (comment) and remy/nodemon#559 (comment)):

1. Create a C:\npm directory
2. Add C:\npm to the PATH environment variable
3. npm config set prefix=C:\npm

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node_gyp Windows dependencies issue:
nodejs/node-gyp#629
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp

1. Install Python 2.x (https://www.python.org/downloads/) and add it to the PATH environment variable
2. Install Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=44914)
3. Uninstall all Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable installs (http://stackoverflow.com/a/23032807)
4. Install Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279)

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Gulp install issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24010598/node-js-cannot-find-module-readable-stream

For some reason npm install -g gulp babel didn't work so I did them separately:

npm install -g gulp
npm install -g babel
npm install -g stylus

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EPERM error: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harrington/archive/2012/02/23/how-to-fix-node-js-npm-permission-problems.aspx

I had to run npm cache clean

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Error: Cannot find module 'gulp-stylus'

npm install --save-dev gulp-stylus

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Failed to load external module babel-core/register: yeoman/generator-webapp#356 (comment)

npm install --save-dev babel-core

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...and after all that: success!

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dmnsgn/gulp-frontend-boilerplate.git && cd gulp-frontend-boilerplate && rd /s /q .git
npm run init
npm install
gulp

[stela5]

...oh, and one more:

npm cache clean && npm install -g napa

[stela5]

P.S. It appears gulp only works if run in a cmd prompt with Administrator privileges

[dmnsgn]

Thanks for all these tips on using it on Windows! Very helpful. I will see if I can fix some issues.