atom/docs/build-instructions/windows.md

Windows

Requirements

• Windows 7 or later
• Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Express
• node.js - 32bit v0.10.x
• Python 2.7.x
• GitHub for Windows
• Git for Windows
  • Select the option Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt when installing (Git needs to be in your PATH)
• Add C:\Python27;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Users\<user>\github\atom\node_modules\ to your PATH

Instructions

cd C:\Users\<user>\github
git clone https://github.com/atom/atom/
cd atom
script\build

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