This book shows how to use Julia to tackle numerical and data problems. Author Ivo Balbaert starts from how to set up a running Julia platform, before exploring its various built-in types. With the help of practical examples, this book walks you through two important collection types: arrays and matrices. In addition to this, you will be taken through how type conversions and promotions work, be introduced to the concepts of homoiconicity (ability to manipulate a program written in Julia as data) and metaprogramming in Julia.

Author: Ivo Balbaert
Publisher: Packt
Date: September 2018
Pages: 220
ISBN: 978-1788999090
Print: 1788999096
Audience: Developers wanting to learn Julia
Level: Intermediate
Category: Other Languages

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The book covers how Julia provides different ways to interact with an operating system, as well as other languages, and once the basics have been introduced, the author shows what makes Julia suitable for numerical and scientific computing.

Topics include:

• Set up your Julia environment to achieve high productivity
• Create your own types to extend the built-in type system
• Visualize your data in Julia with plotting packages
• Explore the use of built-in macros for testing and debugging, among other uses
• Apply Julia to tackle problems concurrently
• Integrate Julia with other languages such as C, Python, and MATLAB 

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