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Learning Julia

You're reading from   Learning Julia Build high-performance applications for scientific computing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785883279
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rahul Lakhanpal Rahul Lakhanpal
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Anshul Joshi Anshul Joshi
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Preface 1. Understanding Julia's Ecosystem FREE CHAPTER 2. Programming Concepts with Julia 3. Functions in Julia 4. Understanding Types and Dispatch 5. Working with Control Flow 6. Interoperability and Metaprogramming 7. Numerical and Scientific Computation with Julia 8. Data Visualization and Graphics 9. Connecting with Databases 10. Julia’s Internals

Creating packages

Every language in the current programming ecosystem comes with a set of built-in packages. Some languages have an extensive list of built-in packages for performing most common operations such as basic IO and HTTP servers, while some prefer to have a bare minimum of built-ins which can be extended later as per their usage.

But, what exactly is a package? In the easiest terms, its a self-contained collection of well-tested code that can be used by other parts of the program or the application. The purpose might be to enhance the already existing functionality, or to create the base for an upcoming new feature, or simply might be a set of utilities, which can be used across the program.

Julia provides an easy way to create a package. But, how should you start creating one from scratch? The first step will obviously be to name the package you want to create. That...

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