Because this blog focuses on high performance computing, all tutorials will be using the C++ flavour of Visual Studio. There are multiple versions of Visual Studio 2008 Express. This is the most powerful developement environment available for Windows.
If you don’t already have a version of Visual Studio installed on your computer, you can download a free version called Visual Studio 2008 Express. Step 1: Download Visual Studio 2008 Express if you do not already have it
Much of this tutorial can also be applied to the professional versions of Visual Studio, with some minor differences. Hello, and welcome to the first tutorial in my MPI tutorial series! This tutorial will work fine for Visual Studio 2005 Express, Visual Studio 2005 Standard, Visual Studio 2008 Express, and Visual Studio 2008 Standard edition.
