Merge pull request #7494 from dibarbet/upgrade_node

Upgrade to Node v20.17 and update vsce

Author: dibarbet

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Setting up your local development environment for the vscode-csharp repository i
 
 Before you start, make sure you have the following software installed on your machine:
 
-* Node.js v18 ([v18.17.0 LTS](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.17.0)).
+* Node.js v18 ([v18.17.0 LTS](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.17.0)).
   * Note - Building with higher major versions of Node.js is not advised - it may work but we do not test it.
 * Npm (The version shipped with node is fine)
 * .NET 8.0 SDK (dotnet should be on your path)
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ Or, in VSCode settings (`Ctrl+,`):
 3. Enable `razor.languageServer.debug`.
 4. Set `razor.server.trace` to `Debug`. This gives you more detailed log messages in the output window.
 
+### Updating NPM packages
+We use the .NET eng AzDo artifacts feed https://dnceng.pkgs.visualstudio.com/public/_packaging/dotnet-public-npm/npm/registry/ with upstreams to the public npm registry.
+Auth is required in order to pull new packages from the upstream.  This can be done by running `vsts-npm-auth -config .npmrc`.
+If you need to renew authorization, you can force it via `vsts-npm-auth -config .npmrc -F`
+
 ## Creating VSIX Packages for the Extension
 
 To package this extension, we need to create VSIX Packages. The VSIX packages can be created using the gulp command `gulp vsix:release:package`. This will create all the platform specific VSIXs that you can then install manually in VSCode.

azure-pipelines/prereqs.yml

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ steps:
 - task: NuGetAuthenticate@1
 
 - task: NodeTool@0
-  displayName: 'Install Node.js 18.x'
+  displayName: 'Install Node.js 20.x'
   inputs:
-    versionSpec: '18.x'
+    versionSpec: '20.x'
 
 # Some tests use predefined docker images with a specific version of .NET installed.
 # So we avoid installing .NET in those cases.