Visual Studio 2008 and some Quant Links

My copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition arrived today and I made sure I installed it promptly. The software comes packaged in the new style plastic boxes, much like Office and Vista. There are two DVD’s one contains Visual Studio 2008 and MSDN documentation and the second contains SQL Server 2005 Developers Edition. I have not had a chance to properly take it for a test run but after I do I will post a review. The install process was extremely simple, however I uninstalled my CTP releases first.

Install Process

The install process is really basic and can be summarised in just three steps as highlighted below.

After the DVD is inserted allow the autorun to launch the setup program and you will see a window with three options as shown below:

Simply click install Visual Studio 2008, select the components you wish to install and sit back and have a cup of coffee. After installing Visual Studio you will need to restart your computer and then install the MSDN Library. Below are some assorted screen shots from the process.

Links

Todays links will be related to development and tools that are handy for the creation of Automated Trading Systems.

QuantLib is an open source quantitative finance library written in C++.

Doxygen is an excellent source code documentation tool.

TortoiseSVN is a great subversion client for windows and integrates well with explorer.

Can’t afford Matlab Octave has much the same features and syntax and the best thing is the price FREE.

Quantnotes is a quant finance website with some very interesting articles.

An interesting article on Cracking Wall Street, long but worth the read.

About the author

Mark - Is a 28 year old form Australia. He has a Bachelor in Economics and a Major in CS. He is currently working towards his CFP. His interests include algorithmic trading systems, artificial intelligence, game theory and poker.