top-extensions-install-software.md

Install prerequisite Software for Extension Development

Install the following software. Your team should be aware of the most current download locations so that you can complete your own installs.

Common

1. Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, or the most recent edition of Windows client or server

   • Windows 10

     https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

   • Windows Server 2016

     https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016

2. Install Node.js LTS 10.6.0 or later.

3. Install npm version 6.10.0 or later. To install run the following from the command prompt npm install -g npm@latest

4. Install Nuget + Credential Provider

   • unzip to some path e.g c:\dev_prereq then add it to your environmental path by running the following command from an administrative command prompt setx PATH "%PATH%;c:\dev\_prereq\CredentialProviderBundle"

5. Install git

IDE Specific

Visual Studio Code (or other similar IDE)

1. Install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019. (Note that this installs the backend build tools without installing the VS IDE itself.)

   • Select the following workloads from the workloads tab:
     • .NET desktop build tools
     • Web development build tools

   

   • Select .NET Framework 4.7.2 SDK and targeting pack from the Individual components tab:

   

   • Add it to your environmental path by running the following command from an administrative command prompt setx PATH "%PATH%;%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin"

2. Install Visual Studio Code

   If you also have VS 2019 installed or are on CoreXT a large number of the following will already be present and coming from your CxCache %NugetMachineInstallRoot%. You can check each in your development environment and apply on a case by case basis.

Visual Studio 2019

1. Visual Studio 2019 Professional or Enterpise is located at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.

   • Select the following workloads from the workloads tab:
     • Node.js development
     • ASP.NET and web development

   

   • Select .NET Framework 4.7.2 SDK and targeting pack from the Individual components tab:

   

To validate that your dev machine is ready for Azure Portal Extension development start with the template extension in the Getting Started Guide