# Environment Setup

Notice

Ways of building programming environment are different for different programming languages.

Python
Proto
C#
Java
C++
JavaScript

# Python Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7/10
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
Python version requirements:
- Python 3.6 or above

# Environment Building

# 1. Install Python

To avoid running failures due to environmental problems, we recommend Python version 3.8.

Download page: Download Python

Tips

Two methods are provided to switch to a Python 3.8 environment:

Method 1
Add the installation path of Python 3.8 to the environment variable path.
Method 2
If you are using PyCharm, you can switch the Project Interpreter to specified Python environment in Settings.

pycharm-switch-python

After the installation, execute the following command to see if the installation is successful:
python -V (Windows) or python3 -V (Linux/Mac)

# 2. Install PyCharm (Optional)

We recommend that using PyCharm as your Python IDE.

# 3. Install TA-Lib (Optional)

TA-Lib is a functional library widely used in program trading for technical analysis of market data. It provides a variety of technical analysis functions to facilitate our quantitative investment.

Installation method: directly use pip installation in cmd
$ pip install TA-Lib

提示

Installation of TA-Lib is not necessary, you can skip this step

# C# Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
The official SDK compilation environment is Visual Studio 2013 + .Net Framework 4.5 or Visual Studio 2017 + .NET Core 2.1.
If you need a later version of the Visual Studio environment, you can upgrade FTAPI4Net.sln, and recompile from the source code.

# Environment Building

# 1. Install .NET Framework or .NET Core

.NET Framework or .NET Core, you can choose one of them to install.

# 2. Install Visual Studio development environment (optional)

We recommend using Visual Studio as the C # IDE.

# Java Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
If you need a later version of JDK, you can set up your own compilation environment and recompile from the source code.

# Environment Building

# 1. Install JDK

We recommend installing OpenJDK 8.

# 2. Install IntelliJ IDEA development environment (optional)

We recommend using IntelliJ IDEA as the Java IDE.

# C++ Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- Windows:
  - 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above.
  - the official SDK compilation environment is Visual Studio 2013. If you need a later version of the VS environment, it is recommended upgrading FTAPI.sln.
- MacOS:
  - 64-bit operating system is required.
  - the official SDK compilation environment is MacOS Mojave,Xcode 11. Other versions need to upgrade the Xcode project file.
- Linux:
  - 64-bit operating system is required.
  - the official SDK compilation environment is CentOS 7 (gcc 4.8.5) and Ubuntu 16.04 (gcc 5.4.0).
unofficial environment:
- you need to compile the FTAPI and Protobuf with source codes in the /FTAPI4CPP/Src directory.

# JS Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
We recommend Chrome 70 and above.

# Environment building

# 1. Install Node.js

Node.js is an open source, cross-platform JavaScript running environment based on Chrome kernel. Click here to download.

# 2. Install Visual Studio Code (optional)

We recommend using Visual Studio Code as the JavaScript IDE.

Python
Proto
C#
Java
C++
JavaScript

# Python Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7/10
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
Python version requirements:
- Python 3.6 or above

# Environment Building

# 1. Install Python

To avoid running failures due to environmental problems, we recommend Python version 3.8.

Download page: Download Python

Tips

Two methods are provided to switch to a Python 3.8 environment:

Method 1
Add the installation path of Python 3.8 to the environment variable path.
Method 2
If you are using PyCharm, you can switch the Project Interpreter to specified Python environment in Settings.

pycharm-switch-python

After the installation, execute the following command to see if the installation is successful:
python -V (Windows) or python3 -V (Linux/Mac)

# 2. Install PyCharm (Optional)

We recommend that using PyCharm as your Python IDE.

# 3. Install TA-Lib (Optional)

TA-Lib is a functional library widely used in program trading for technical analysis of market data. It provides a variety of technical analysis functions to facilitate our quantitative investment.

Installation method: directly use pip installation in cmd
$ pip install TA-Lib

提示

Installation of TA-Lib is not necessary, you can skip this step

# C# Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
The official SDK compilation environment is Visual Studio 2013 + .Net Framework 4.5 or Visual Studio 2017 + .NET Core 2.1.
If you need a later version of the Visual Studio environment, you can upgrade MMAPI4Net.sln, and recompile from the source code.

# Environment Building

# 1. Install .NET Framework or .NET Core

.NET Framework or .NET Core, you can choose one of them to install.

# 2. Install Visual Studio development environment (optional)

We recommend using Visual Studio as the C # IDE.

# Java Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
If you need a later version of JDK, you can set up your own compilation environment and recompile from the source code.

# Environment Building

# 1. Install JDK

We recommend installing OpenJDK 8.

# 2. Install IntelliJ IDEA development environment (optional)

We recommend using IntelliJ IDEA as the Java IDE.

# C++ Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- Windows:
  - 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above.
  - the official SDK compilation environment is Visual Studio 2013. If you need a later version of the VS environment, it is recommended upgrading MMAPI.sln.
- MacOS:
  - 64-bit operating system is required.
  - the official SDK compilation environment is MacOS Mojave,Xcode 11. Other versions need to upgrade the Xcode project file.
- Linux:
  - 64-bit operating system is required.
  - the official SDK compilation environment is CentOS 7 (gcc 4.8.5) and Ubuntu 16.04 (gcc 5.4.0).
unofficial environment:
- you need to compile the MMAPI and Protobuf with source codes in the /MMAPI4CPP/Src directory.

# JS Environment

# Environment Requirement

Operating system requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit operating system of Windows 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Mac 10.11 and above
- 64-bit operating system of CentOS 7 and above
- 64-bit operating system of Ubuntu 16.04 and above
We recommend Chrome 70 and above.

# Environment building

# 1. Install Node.js

Node.js is an open source, cross-platform JavaScript running environment based on Chrome kernel. Click here to download.

# 2. Install Visual Studio Code (optional)

We recommend using Visual Studio Code as the JavaScript IDE.

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