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Open web development toolchain

Open web development toolchain

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Open web development toolchain

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- [Instructor] In this chapter we're going to look at some of the different tool sets and libraries that we can use with Office add-ins. Because we're using web technology and JavaScript, we can make use of the full breadth of web development tools which have seen an absolute proliferation of options almost to the point of being too much choice and too much change. But it's good to have choices. And if you're a web developer or just a non-Microsoft developer, then Visual Studio might not suit your development style. Well, the good news is we can use any editor including Visual Studio Code along with tools built on NodeJS like Yeoman generators. And in addition, you can use these tools on any platform: Windows, Mac, or Linux. If you haven't used these tools before, you're going to have to set up some prerequisites. We're going to install NodeJS, perhaps Visual Studio Code, and then we're going to use npm to install Yeoman, and then the generator for Office. The first thing we need to…

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