Windows Development Requirements

Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, community edition works, make sure to install C++ (not done by default)

Install ​Cygwin. We used the 64-bit version. In addition to the default packages, you'll probably need:

• git (to be able to check in changes)
• icoutils (to look at icon files, might not be needed)
• imagemagick (to create icon files)
• make (to run the build process)
• openssh (to get network access to plato)
• patch (to patch source distribution)
• rsync (to install files and fetch them)
• vim (to edit files, might prefer emacs, your choice)