NTVS also can be used to debug and profile Node.js apps and it integrates with Visual Studio Test Explorer, which can be used to "author, run, debug, and filter unit tests without having to switch to ...

The Node.js Tools for Visual Studio are available under the Apache open source license. Microsoft continues it to be an early alpha release, so it still has some rough edges, but the early reviews ...

Visual Studio Code proper is built using the Electron shell, Node.js, TypeScript, and the Language Server Protocol, and is updated on a monthly basis.

But it is increasingly only the purists who are saying this. After a year of development, the firm this week announced the release of Node.js Tools 1.0 for Visual Studio (NTVS 1.0).