title: npm task not creating node_modules folder in Azure pipeline
body: <p>This is not a node project but rather an MVC Web Application. Objective is to bundle a Quill.js library via npm steps in the Azure pipeline.</p>
  
  <p>Problem: node_modules folder with needed code and dependencies is not getting generated in the pipeline.</p>
  
  <p>package.json is configured such that deploying the solution locally in a fresh location with only an "npm install" will recreate node_modules folder with all the needed files and dependencies so that everything works beautifully.</p>
  
  <p>Having trouble duplicating this process via Azure Pipeline tasks, however. node_modules folder with the needed goodies is not getting created. Have done some experimentation but here’s the sequence that makes the most sense to me:</p>
  
  <p>Use NuGet NuGet Restore<br>
  VsTest – testAssemblies<br>
  Use Node 8.x<br>
  npm install (task is set to run in same project folder where package.json lives)<br>
  Build solution<br>
  Several other tasks…</p>
  
  <p>package.json looks like this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    ...
       ,
    "dependencies": {
      "quill": "^1.3.7"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But node_modules is not getting created as it does in local.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any suggestions.</p>