How to run Etherpad Lite from source on Windows

You want to run Etherpad Lite on Windows from source (i.e. for developers wanting to hack on Etherpad Lite in a Windows environment)?

Note: If you just want to run Etherpad Lite on Windows, see the main README for installation instructions.

1. Fork and clone etherpad-lite
2. Install node.js windows installer (MSI) from http://nodejs.org
   • This includes NPM (Node Package Manager)
   • Path to node.exe and npm.cmd are added to the path (restart console)
3. Download curl.exe (http://curl.haxx.se) and save it to somewhere in the path
4. Run bin\installOnWindows.bat
5. Run start.bat