Getting Started with Julia

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Getting Started with Julia

By : Ivo Balbaert

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Getting Started with Julia

By: Ivo Balbaert

Overview of this book

Getting Started with Julia

Getting Started with Julia

Credits

About the Author

About the Author

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

The Rationale for Julia

The Rationale for Julia

Free Chapter

Installing the Julia Platform

Installing the Julia Platform

Installing Julia

Working with Julia's shell

Startup options and Julia scripts

Installing and working with Julia Studio

Installing and working with IJulia

Installing Sublime-IJulia

Installing Juno

Other editors and IDEs

How Julia works

Variables, Types, and Operations

Variables, Types, and Operations

Variables, naming conventions, and comments

Floating point numbers

Elementary mathematical functions and operations

Rational and complex numbers

Regular expressions

Ranges and arrays

Dates and times

Scope and constants

Functions

Defining functions

Optional and keyword arguments

Anonymous functions

First-class functions and closures

Recursive functions

Map, filter, and list comprehensions

Generic functions and multiple dispatch

Control Flow

Conditional evaluation

Repeated evaluation

Exception handling

Scope revisited

Collection Types

Collection Types

Example project – word frequency

More on Types, Methods, and Modules

More on Types, Methods, and Modules

Type annotations and conversions

The type hierarchy – subtypes and supertypes

User-defined and composite types

Types and collections – inner constructors

Parametric types and methods

Standard modules and paths

Metaprogramming in Julia

Metaprogramming in Julia

Expressions and symbols

Eval and interpolation

Defining macros

Built-in macros

Reflection capabilities

I/O, Networking, and Parallel Computing

I/O, Networking, and Parallel Computing

Basic input and output

Working with files

Using DataFrames

Working with TCP sockets and servers

Interacting with databases

Parallel operations and computing

Running External Programs

Running External Programs

Running shell commands

Calling C and FORTRAN

Performance tips

The Standard Library and Packages

The Standard Library and Packages

Digging deeper into the standard library

Julia's package manager

Publishing a package

Graphics in Julia

Using Gadfly on data

List of Macros and Packages

List of Macros and Packages

List of packages

Index

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List of packages

Chapter	Name	Section
The Rationale for Julia	`MATLAB`	A comparison with other languages for the data scientist
	`Rif`	A comparison with other languages for the data scientist
	`PyCall`	A comparison with other languages for the data scientist
1	`Winston`	Packages
	`IJulia`	Installing and working with IJulia
	`PyPlot`	Installing and working with IJulia
	`ZMQ`	Installing Sublime-IJulia
	`Jewel`	Installing Juno
2	`Dates`	Dates and Times (<= v 0.3)
2	`TimeZones`	Dates and Times (>= v 0.4)
5	`ImmutableArrays`	Matrices
5	`Compat`	Dictionaries
8	`DataFrames`	Using DataFrames
	`DataArrays`	Using DataFrames
	`RDatasets`	Using DataFrames
	`JSON`	Using DataFrames
	`LightXML`	Using DataFrames
	`YAML`	Using DataFrames
	`HDF5`	Using DataFrames
	`IniFile`	Using DataFrames
	`ODBC`	ODBC
9	`Cpp`	Calling C and FORTRAN
	`Clang`	Calling C and FORTRAN
	`Lint`	Performance tips
	`TypeCheck`	Performance tips
	`ProfileView`	Performance tips
10	`Gadfly`	Graphics in Julia