@mscdex: Yeah Windows just for dev, I would deploy to a *nix environment. 
Thanks for the tip regarding Visual C++ 2010 Express.
@Bradley Meck: If I make significant progress, I will definitely blog, and 
I'll keep it brief.

On Friday, October 19, 2012 10:32:43 AM UTC-4, mscdex wrote:
>
> On Oct 19, 10:23 am, Jerome Covington <[email protected]> 
> wrote: 
> > I've been on a Mac for years. Am I likely to encounter any pitfalls or 
> > gotchas doing node dev on Windows? 
>
> From my personal experience, I have seen significant performance 
> decreases in node on Windows compared to *nix. However if you just use 
> node for development purposes on Windows, you should be fine. 
>
> > A buddy of mine reminded me that some of the add ons require a C 
> compiler. 
> > What are my options? 
>
> Visual C++ 2010 Express is free and is your best bet for now for 
> compiling addons. 
>

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