[Question] `node-gyp` for windows 10 (and now v11) in 2022

[IRod22]

I have a few questions for the node gyp project:

1. Is node-gyp up to date on Node.js v17+? I tried to comb through this "giant thread", but there is so much confusion in the discussion, and it looks like it's way out of date (~7 years out of date).
2. Are the native APIs provided by each target still relevant? I mean, the developer community is trending towards virtual machines (ex. JVM, CLR/Mono, etc.), and towards shifting the execution/API to the web (DenoJS, and CDNs such as jsDelivr). Also Node.js has several builtin modules (ex. fs, http, crypto, etc.), so why are these APIs "reinventing the wheel" when Node.js already has the tools they need (see example)?

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but for example the sqlite3 package could use the fs module with a parser dependency to parse a string of SQL, sanitize it, evaluate it and access data in a file, while other (No)SQL package could use http, crypto, and/or other modules to request a server to execute a query.

P.S. Let me know if any of this is wrong, please (I'm kind of new to the github/nodejs community btw). Thank you.

[ghost]

Edited title as Windows 11 is already out.

[sytclh]

set node-gyp config npm config set node_gyp "your global node-gyp" and try again

[ghost]

@sytclh just curious, but what happened to this comment I received in my email inbox?

Why node-gyp can't found the version of VS 2022 Community? Is there something wrong with my env variables?

[StefanStojanovic]

This issue seems no longer relevant as it uses a no longer supported version of Node and has been stale for a long time. If there are no objections, I will close this issue next Mon-Tue. In case something similar happens again please open a new issue.