Hey everyone! I'm Sara, one of the devs on the Node.js Tools for Visual Studio team @ Microsoft<p>What?! msft + node.js?! Crazy talk.<p>Crazy indeed...<p>Anyways, now that you're over that shock... Can I ask you a favor? We want to improve the Node.js experience in Visual Studio (and Windows), and we'd love to hear you brag and/or complain about your Node.js dev environment. What are you building? What tools are you using? What tools do you want to be using? Full survey here:<p>http://www.instant.ly/s/v9aha<p>WHOA THERE... SURVEYS ARE LAME! Yes, yes they are... they're one-sided, and don't spark conversation... that’s why we’ll share the results back with you all once we compile them, remove potentially sensitive info about peoples's projects, email addresses, etc. So please please please fill it out (npm install _sugar-on-top-and-icecream-in-the-middle). This data helps us build a better product and collaborate with mgmt and other teams to improve the Node.js experience.<p>And obviously let's all have a great discussion below... that was implicit, wasn't it? :-)<p>[P.S. random 50 survey participants will get $5 towards caffeine or whatever else you like at Starbucks]
I don't really HN want to be a place that companies think they can reach developers, whether for surveys or advertising. It's an extremely slippery slope to being a marketing channel, and then the gaming of the system begins.
> [P.S. random 50 survey participants will get $5 towards caffeine or whatever else you like at Starbucks]<p>Your submission and responses read as if you already consumed the $250 of caffeine yourself. Can we tone it down a bit? It's 9am. :-)<p>Submitted my response.
I can't fill out the survey right now but I like ClojureScript. I'd love a ParEdit mode in VS for ClojureScript.<p>Disappointed edit: Your account has given answers on a range of Microsoft-related topics with different writing styles (rather decaf at first). Have multiple people at Microsoft used this account?
I'm happy to take the survey, it will be interesting to see what MSFT works out over the coming months.<p>Small pet peeve: It'd be nice if you didn't require input on all forms of the survey, especially the open response text fields. I understand if instant.ly doesn't give you an option.
I don't like surveys, but I can tell you this.
ES6 all the way down.
ES7 async stuff looks great.
facebook flow looks promising<p>take a look at 6to5 project