This repo contains the in-the-box tasks for VSO build. Tasks in this repo get deployed every three weeks to VSO and appear in TFS quarterly updates.
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Windows and Mac OSX: Download and install node from nodejs.org
Linux: Install using package manager
From a terminal ensure at least node 4.2 and npm 3:
$ node -v && npm -v
v4.2.0
3.5.0To install npm separately:
[sudo] npm install npm@3 -g
npm -v
3.5.0
Note: on windows if it's still returning npm 2.x run where npm. Notice hits in program files. Rename those two npm files and the 3.5.0 in AppData will win.
Install gulp
npm install gulp -gFrom the root of the repo, install the dependencies to build:
npm installInstall TypeScript
npm install typescript -gYou'll need at least TypeScript 1.6 but would recommend latest at time of writing this which is 1.8.7
Validate it's resolving from your terminal after installing:
$ tsc --version
Version 1.8.7Tasks are built using gulp.
From the root of the repo:
gulpTasks will be created in the _build directory. It will also generate a tasks.loc.json and an english strings file under Strings in your source tree. You can check these back in. Another localization process will create the other strings files.
This must be done on a windows machine with nuget.exe in the path From the root of the repo (replace version with appropriate version)
gulp package --version 1.0.29Tasks will be create a nuget package in the _package directory. This is only used for TFS internal engineering.
Tests should be run with changes. Ideally, new tests are added for your change.
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