Set Up Your Environment

Development Container (Recommended)

The easiest way to set up your development environment is using the provided .devcontainer configuration with VS Code and Docker.

Prerequisites:

Setup:

Clone the repository and open it in VS Code
When prompted, click “Reopen in Container” or use Command Palette: Dev Containers: Reopen in Container
VS Code will automatically build the container with all dependencies pre-installed
The container includes:
- Ubuntu environment with gcc-14, CMake, MPI, OpenMP
- Pre-configured C++ and Python development tools
- All project dependencies ready to use

This provides a consistent development environment across all platforms without manual dependency installation.

If you prefer manual setup or cannot use containers, follow the instructions below.

Windows: Download and install CMake from https://cmake.org/download (select the Windows installer) or install using Chocolatey:
```
choco install cmake
```
Linux (Ubuntu/Debian): Install using package manager:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y cmake
```
macOS: Install using Homebrew:
```
brew update
brew install cmake
```

Code style is checked using the clang-format tool.

Windows (MSVC):

Installers link. You have to install msmpisdk.msi and msmpisetup.exe.

Linux (gcc and clang):

sudo apt install -y mpich openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev

OpenMP is included in gcc and msvc, but some components should be installed additionally:

Windows (MSVC), Linux (gcc and clang), MacOS (apple clang): Build as 3rdparty in the current project.

std::thread is included in STL libraries.