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docs: Add windows-build-tools for Windows users
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theturtle32 authored Sep 20, 2018
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Note for Windows Users
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Because there is a small C++ component used for validating UTF-8 data, you will need to install a few other software packages in addition to Node to be able to build this module:
Because there is a small C++ component used for validating UTF-8 data, you will need to install
native build tools. You can install the required components using `windows-build-tools`:

```ps1
npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
```

Alternatively, install the required components:

- [Microsoft Visual C++](http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express)
- [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/) (NOT Python 3.x)


Current Features:
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- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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