To get the most out of this book

To run the code examples in the book, you will need the Julia platform for your computer, which can be downloaded from http://julialang.org/downloads/. To work more comfortably with Julia scripts, a development environment such as IJulia, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code is advisable. The first chapter contains detailed instructions on how to set up your Julia environment.

Download the example code files

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packt.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packt.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packt.com.
2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Julia-1.0-Programming-Second-Edition. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Add /Applications/Julia-n.m.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/Julia to make Julia available everywhere on your computer."

A block of code is set as follows:

for arg in ARGS 
    println(arg) 
end 

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

mutable struct Point 
    x::Float64 
    y::Float64 
    z::Float64 
end 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

julia> include("hello.jl")

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Start it up, go to Settings, and then Install Panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.