How to "integrate" non- .net developers into a .net project?

I'm working on an Aso.net MVC + WebApi application that's using Azure (SQL, Storage) in the back and Angular in the front. Locally I'm running MS SQL and Azure Storage Emulator. But I desperately need some extra development brains because there's just too much work to do.

I've got a good client-side developer that will be able to help me on the Angular part of the app as well as on LESS files. So pretty much the client-side only.

The problem is that he's never used Visual Studio and doesn't intend to start doing so just for this project. He's used to client-side tools, smart editors like Sublime and similar.

How can one integrate such developer into the team because they can't manually edit *.csproj files (they'll likely mess it up), compile their app (although that would be possible), add nuget packages as they need them, upgrade database etc. It just seems too complicated without Visual Studio's automation.

So how can you sufficiently work on a .net project without Visual Studio (or WebMatrix)? and still be able to:

• add new/remove/rename files in the project


• add/remove/upgrade NuGet packages


• compile the app as other devs may've changed backend to support something new on the client


• else?

Who has done it, which tools should be used and how painful is it?