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Lacking strict statements

See original GitHub issue

When I try the latest version 4.0.1, it returns the following error.

SyntaxError: Block-scoped declarations (let, const, function, class) not yet supported outside strict mode
     at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
     at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
     at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
     at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
     at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
     at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
     at Object.<anonymous> (C:\BuildAgent\work\756e6ea965fc640e\source\Dashboard\gulpfile.js:19:16)
     at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)

It looks like some of your methods lack "use strict";

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FreedCapybaracommented, Jul 16, 2018

To save somebody some time in figuring out how to fix VS, go to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Web Package Management

There’s a version of node in $(VSINSTALLDIR)\Web\External, so I bumped up $(PATH) using the buttons in the top-right corner to override it. It worked 👍

Here’s my final configuration:

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D3MaxTcommented, Apr 17, 2018

@xzyfer Never mind. It was my bad. I was trying out the latest VS2017 preview, and forgot that, unlike my production installation, I haven’t pointed it to the latest version of node. You were right, it was in fact using older Node.

My bad.