In even simpler terms, it "turns Visual Studio into a Node.js IDE," said Sara Itani, a Microsoft software engineer working with the Visual Studio team, in a blog post. NTVS works with all versions of ...

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.

Microsoft has released Node.js Tools for Visual Studio, a new, open-source Visual Studio plug-in for node.js developers.