npm not included in ASP.NET Core Web Application

Question

I am trying to learn ASP.NET Core 1.0, and I am creating a ASP.NET Core project with the "Web Application" template, but I am seeing a discrepancy with what I am expecting. I was under the impression that npm and gulp were included in the project as the documentation states:

The template also includes Node Package Manager (npm) and Gulp, making it easier to add bundling and minification to a project.

And also:

When you create a new web project using ASP.NET Core Web Application template, Visual Studio includes the Gulp.js npm package, the gulpfile.js file, and a set of Gulp dependencies.

However, I am not seeing npm as a package management option, nor am I seeing any files related to npm or Gulp. I do, however, see Bower options.

I am using Microsoft .NET Core Tools 1.0.0 (Preview 2).

Answer 1

gulp/grunt/npm is still supported but was removed from the default project template in the preview tooling that shipped with ASP.NET Core RTM

I think you can just manually add a package.json file and a gulpfile.js and makes some edits in the scripts section of project.json in the web app to get back in business as it was in RC2

the default template uses a new bundler minifier

there was also discussion about it in community standup if you want to learn the reasoning behind the changes