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doc: update build instructions for Windows
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The Visual C++ Build Tools are supported to build Node on Windows
and already used in CI, so they should be included in the build
instructions.

Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
PR-URL: #7285
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joaocgreis authored and MylesBorins committed Jul 12, 2016
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Prerequisites:

* [Python 2.6 or 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
* Visual Studio 2013 / 2015, all editions including the Community edition, or
* Visual Studio Express 2013 / 2015 for Desktop
* One of:
* [Visual C++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools)
* [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) 2013 / 2015, all editions including the Community edition
* [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) Express 2013 / 2015 for Desktop
* Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
[Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`.
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To test if Node.js was built correctly:

```
$ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)"
```text
> Release\node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js', process.version)"
```

### Android / Android-based devices (e.g., Firefox OS)
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