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Mastering Julia

You're reading from   Mastering Julia Enhance your analytical and programming skills for data modeling and processing with Julia

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805129790
Length 506 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Malcolm Sherrington Malcolm Sherrington
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: The Julia Environment 2. Chapter 2: Developing in Julia FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: The Julia Type System 4. Chapter 4: The Three Ms 5. Chapter 5: Interoperability 6. Chapter 6: Working with Data 7. Chapter 7: Scientific Programming 8. Chapter 8: Visualization 9. Chapter 9: Database Access 10. Chapter 10: Networks and Multitasking 11. Chapter 11: Julia’s Back Pages 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Julia Environment

In this chapter, we will explore all you need to get started on Julia. Julia is a high-level, high-performance, dynamic programming language that focuses mainly on technical computing. Its primary feature is that, although it’s a scripting language, the code is compiled using low-level virtual machine (LLVM). This compilation creates code that corresponds to the underlying hardware/operating system and runs at similar speeds to other compiled languages, such as C/C++ and Fortran.

The chapter will cover the following main topics:

  • Acquiring and installing Julia
  • The philosophy behind Julia and comparison with other programming languages
  • Developing code using the REPL, code editors, and IDEs
  • Use of the package management system
  • Some simple coding in Julia
  • A quick look at some graphics

By the end of this chapter, you should have a grasp of the basics of Julia. All the topics introduced are covered in more detail in the later...

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