Documentation Issue with browser sync on Windows

[StfBauer]

I did recently some testing on what the minimum requirements will be to get browser-sync running on Windows. I turned out that Visual Studio don't needs to be installed it works will event without that.

The only thing that was missing in my tests was a Visual C++ Runtime. I installed the 64bit Version I downloaded from Microsoft.

After that i haven't got any python or other error during and after the installation of browser-sync.

I think this is a more lightweight solution rather than install the whole VS Community Edition.

[ghost]

This is correct, only the runtime is necessary. But it is also a misnomer, most likely browser-sync isnt what's causing the problem but the node-gyp dependency.

[StfBauer]

I tried it out and the problem comes from bufferutil that try to compile optional dependancies.
When browser sync will be install with the --no-optionaleverything works fine and without an error during installation.

[CodyPredy]

Same issue here as @StfBauer. Had it installed in devDependencies and was crashing during npm install on Jenkins build on a Windows environment.
Fixed by adding a call npm install browser-sync --no-optional before calling npm install. It's a workaround more then a fix unfortunately.