Issue with development setup on windows machine

[hmandal]

OS: Windows 7 Enterprise SP1
Architecture: 64-bit
Node: v8.1.2
npm: 5.0.3
ruby: 2.4.1p111 (2017-03-22 revision 58053) [x64-mingw32]
python: 2.7.13
grunt-cli: v1.2.0
compass: 1.0.3 (Polaris)

I followed the steps mentioned in Development Setup but I'm getting errors.

The steps mentiond in the above link are incomplete. While installing compass, we first need to install ruby. Then upon npm install -d, the console throws some node-gyp errors. Even grunt build is not working, throws some node-sass errors (I tried npm install -g node-sass too).

I tried npm install node-gyp -g but then there are some other errors.

Here are some relevant console logs: (###: path hidden for privacy reasons)

Log for: npm install -d (Click to expand)

gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe` fail
ed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (###\AppData\Roaming\npm\nod
e_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_proces
s.js:197:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "###\\AppData
\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "re
build"
gyp ERR! cwd ###\node_modules\weak
gyp ERR! node -v v8.1.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~install: Failed to exec install script
npm WARN [email protected] No license field.
npm WARN The package grunt-contrib-clean is included as both a dev and productio
n dependency.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules\fse
vents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@
1.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"}
)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional log
ging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     ###\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-07-11T09_00_08_3
15Z-debug.log

Log for: grunt build (Click to expand)

>> Local Npm module "grunt-contrib-requirejs" not found. Is it installed?
Loading "sass.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Missing binding ###\node_modules\node-sass\vendor\
win32-x64-57\binding.node
>> Node Sass could not find a binding for your current environment: Windows 64-b
it with Node.js 8.x
>>
>> Found bindings for the following environments:
>>   - Windows 64-bit with Node.js 6.x
>>
>> This usually happens because your environment has changed since running `npm
install`.
>> Run `npm rebuild node-sass --force` to build the binding for your current env
ironment.
Warning: Task "sass" not found. Use --force to continue.

Aborted due to warnings.

It would be helpful if someone could provide concrete steps to install ThreeNodes.js development setup in the Windows environment.

Cc: @idflood

[but0n]

Same problem!