Fixes #227: Document Nodejs usage and Node/Ruby inclusion.

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ It will install the following on an Ubuntu 14.04 (by default) linux VM:
  - Optional:
  - Varnish 4.x
  - Apache Solr 4.10.x (configurable)
+ - Node.js
  - Selenium, for testing your sites via Behat
+ - Ruby
  - Memcached
  - XHProf, for profiling your code
  - XDebug, for debugging your code

docs/extras/nodejs.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Node.js is used for many different purposes, but with Drupal, it is most often used as part of a toolset for Front End development or certain CI tasks.
+
+Drupal VM includes built-in support for Node.js—all you need to do is make sure `nodejs` is listed in the list of `installed_extras` inside `config.yml` before your provision Drupal VM.
+
+## Choosing a version of Node.js
+
+You can choose a version of Node.js to install using the `nodejs_version` variable in `config.yml`. See the `geerlingguy.nodejs` role documentation for all the currently-available versions for your OS.
+
+```yaml
+nodejs_version: "0.12"
+```
+
+## Installing global packages via NPM
+
+To install packages globally, you can add them to the list of `nodejs_npm_global_packages` in `config.yml`. As an example, many developers use `phantomjs` as a ghost web driver for Behat tests inside Drupal VM. To install it globally, add it to the list:
+
+```yaml
+nodejs_npm_global_packages:
+ - name: phantomjs
+```

mkdocs.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pages:
  - 'Use Drupal Console with Drupal VM': 'extras/drupal-console.md'
  - 'Use Varnish with Drupal VM': 'extras/varnish.md'
  - 'Use MariaDB instead of MySQL': 'extras/mariadb.md'
+ - 'Use Node.js and NPM': 'extras/nodejs.md'
  - 'View Logs with Pimp my Log': 'extras/pimpmylog.md'
  - 'Profile Code with XHProf': 'extras/xhprof.md'
  - 'Debug Code with XDebug': 'extras/xdebug.md'