diff --git a/build/_bower.shade b/build/_bower.shade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8392184be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/_bower.shade
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+default currentDir = '${Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}'
+default nodeDir = '${Path.Combine(currentDir, "bin", "nodejs")}'
+var bowerInstalled = '${Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(nodeDir, "node_modules", "bower"))}'
+
+- // Install bower locally
+npm npmCommand='install --prefix ${nodeDir} bower' if='!bowerInstalled' once='installBower'
+
+- // Run bower
+node nodeCommand='${Path.Combine(nodeDir, "node_modules", "bower", "bin", "bower")} ${bowerCommand}' workingdir='${bowerDir}'
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diff --git a/build/_grunt.shade b/build/_grunt.shade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05f892ab95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/_grunt.shade
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+default currentDir = '${Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}'
+default nodeDir = '${Path.Combine(currentDir, "bin", "nodejs")}'
+var gruntCliInstalled = '${Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(nodeDir, "node_modules", "grunt-cli"))}'
+
+-// Install grunt-cli locally
+npm npmCommand='install --prefix ${nodeDir} grunt-cli' if='!gruntCliInstalled' once='installGruntCli'
+
+-// Run grunt
+node nodeCommand='${Path.Combine(nodeDir, "node_modules", "grunt-cli", "bin", "grunt")}' workingdir='${gruntDir}'
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diff --git a/build/_k-standard-goals.shade b/build/_k-standard-goals.shade
index 30b40b5488..a7f867ad20 100644
--- a/build/_k-standard-goals.shade
+++ b/build/_k-standard-goals.shade
@@ -74,9 +74,33 @@ default Configuration='Release'
      }
    }
 
+#restore-npm-modules
+  -// Find all dirs that contain a package.json file
+  var npmDirs = '${GetDirectoriesContaining(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "package.json")}'
+  npm npmCommand='install' each='var npmDir in npmDirs'
+
+#restore-bower-components
+  -// Find all dirs that contain a bower.json file
+  var bowerDirs = '${GetDirectoriesContaining(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "bower.json")}'
+  bower each='var bowerDir in bowerDirs' bowerCommand='install'
+
+#run-grunt .restore-npm-modules .restore-bower-components target='compile'
+  -// Find all dirs that contain a gruntfile.js file
+  var gruntDirs = '${GetDirectoriesContaining(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "gruntfile.js")}'
+  grunt each='var gruntDir in gruntDirs'
+
 functions @{
     string E(string key) { return Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(key); }
     void E(string key, string value) { Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(key, value); }
+    IEnumerable<string> GetDirectoriesContaining(string path, string searchPattern) {
+      var sep = Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+      // Don't include directories that are children of a node_modules or bower_components directory
+      return Directory.GetFiles(path, searchPattern, SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                      .Where(p => p.IndexOf(sep + "node_modules" + sep) < 0 &&
+                                  p.IndexOf(sep + "bower_components" + sep) < 0)
+                      .Select(p => Path.GetDirectoryName(p))
+                      .Distinct();
+    }
 }
 
 macro name='Exec' program='string' commandline='string'
diff --git a/build/_node-install.shade b/build/_node-install.shade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..609d0b1cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/_node-install.shade
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use assembly="System.IO.Compression.FileSystem, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
+use namespace="System.IO"
+use namespace="System.IO.Compression"
+use namespace="System.Net"
+
+default binDir = '${Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "bin")}'
+
+-// When updating the node version you need to update the nodeExeSha to match what 'signtool.exe /pa /v node.exe' emits
+default nodeVer = '0.10.28'
+default npmVer = '1.4.9'
+default nodeExeSha = '628FFD6C3577068C00CEC9F6F897F0EC8F5212D9'
+default nodeInstallDir = '${Path.Combine(binDir, "nodejs")}'
+
+var nodeExe = 'node.exe'
+var npmZip = 'npm-${npmVer}.zip'
+var nodeDist = 'http://nodejs.org/dist/'
+var nodeUrl = '${nodeDist}v${nodeVer}/${nodeExe}'
+var npmUrl = '${nodeDist}npm/${npmZip}'
+var doInstall = '${!File.Exists(nodeInstallDir)}'
+var nodeInstallExePath = '${Path.Combine(nodeInstallDir, nodeExe)}'
+var npmInstallZipPath = '${Path.Combine(nodeInstallDir, npmZip)}'
+
+@{
+  if (doInstall) {
+    Log.Info("Installing nodejs locally");
+
+    if (Directory.Exists(nodeInstallDir))
+    {
+        Directory.Delete(nodeInstallDir, recursive: true);
+    }
+    Directory.CreateDirectory(nodeInstallDir);
+
+    // Download node
+    var wc = new WebClient();
+
+    Log.Info(string.Format("Downloading {0} to {1}", nodeUrl, nodeInstallExePath));
+    wc.DownloadFile(nodeUrl, nodeInstallExePath);
+
+    Log.Info(string.Format("Downloading {0} to {1}", npmUrl, npmInstallZipPath));
+    wc.DownloadFile(npmUrl, npmInstallZipPath);
+
+    // Unzip npm
+    Log.Info(string.Format("Unzipping npm to {0}", nodeInstallDir));
+    ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(npmInstallZipPath, nodeInstallDir);
+  }
+}
+
+verify-authenticode verifyFilePath='${nodeInstallExePath}' expectedHash='${nodeExeSha}' if='doInstall'
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diff --git a/build/_node.shade b/build/_node.shade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e4af244f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/_node.shade
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+default currentDir = '${Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}'
+default nodeDir = '${Path.Combine(currentDir, "bin", "node")}'
+var nodeExePath = '${Path.Combine(nodeDir, "node.exe")}'
+
+node-install once='installNode'
+exec program='${nodeExePath}' commandline='${nodeCommand}'
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diff --git a/build/_npm.shade b/build/_npm.shade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68daf9793e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/_npm.shade
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+default currentDir = '${Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}'
+default nodeDir = '${Path.Combine(currentDir, "bin", "nodejs")}'
+default npmDir = '${currentDir}'
+var npmCmd = '${Path.Combine(nodeDir, "npm.cmd")}'
+
+node-install once='installNode'
+exec program='${npmCmd}' commandline='${npmCommand}' workingdir='${npmDir}'
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diff --git a/build/_verify-authenticode.shade b/build/_verify-authenticode.shade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3873f64b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/_verify-authenticode.shade
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use namespace="System.Diagnostics"
+use namespace="System.IO"
+
+default workingdir='${Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}'
+default expectedHash = ''
+
+@{
+    var signToolExe = "signtool.exe";
+    var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo {
+        UseShellExecute = false,
+        WorkingDirectory = workingdir,
+        FileName = signToolExe,
+        RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+        Arguments = "verify /pa /v " + verifyFilePath,
+    };
+
+    Log.Info(string.Format("Verifying Authenticode signature of {0}", verifyFilePath));
+
+    var signTool = Process.Start(processStartInfo);
+    var stdout = signTool.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
+    signTool.WaitForExit();
+
+    if (signTool.ExitCode != 0)
+    {
+        File.Delete(verifyFilePath);
+        throw new Exception(string.Format("The signature verification for {0} failed:{1}{2}", verifyFilePath, Environment.NewLine, stdout));
+    }
+
+    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(expectedHash))
+    {
+        // SHA1 of the file is on 4th line and looks like: Hash of file (sha1): 628FFD6C3577068C00CEC9F6F897F0EC8F5212D9
+        var lines = stdout.Split(new [] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);
+        var hashLine = lines[3];
+        var actualHash = hashLine.Substring(hashLine.IndexOf(":") + 1).Trim();
+
+        if (!string.Equals(expectedHash, actualHash, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            File.Delete(verifyFilePath);
+            throw new Exception(string.Format("The hash comparison for {0} failed: expected hash '{1}', actual hash '{2}'", verifyFilePath, expectedHash, actualHash));
+        }
+    }
+
+    Log.Info("Authenticode signature verified!");
+}
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