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If you are new to Julia and want a reference that describes how to install and use Julia, this is the book you want. Many of the other Julia books available describe previous versions with examples that no longer work. The “Julia Handbook” is current as of Julia v1.02 and every example, of which there are dozens, has been tested and they all work.You will learn how to install and use the Julia REPL mode and the Jupyter Notebook mode to create and test your code. Other topics include:Data TypesFunctions and PackagesTuplesData ArraysData FramesData StructuresFlow ControlLoops and IterationInput / Output - formatted printing - writing and reading data filesLine and Scatter PlotsOther Plot TypesRandom NumbersOptimization Using Optim and JuMPThis is the book I wanted to buy when I started learning Julia but I had to write it myself to get all of the detail and up-to-date information I wanted. If you are just learning Julia you will find this to be a useful guide. If you are already using Julia you will find this to be an excellent reference book to remind you of some obscure Julia syntax.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (February 2, 2019)
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Soapy Smith

Go up the learning curve fast

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2019

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I'm a Python user having a look at Julia as a potential replacement or supplement. This book is clear and concise. Only complaint so far is lack of an index. I hope it will be updated when Julia evolves a bit more. Nice work!
The only quirk I have found so far, seems to be the author is Mac user, and some of the key-chords will be different if using Linux, and I assume Windows. For example, exiting the Package mode is "Backspace", instead of "Delete".
The main documentation at julialang.org has a list of the various key commands/key-chords.

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Ivan Handler

Clear and useful

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019

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This book has got me off to a good start. I’ve been programming since 1963 so some of the explanations are a bit wordy from my point of view. Also there should be some discussion of why there is no switch statement in Julia and I think that it is weak on functional programming with Julia.

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Alghwiri

Great book to have

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2019

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I am transitioning from Python and R languages to learn Julia. I found this book to be a great starting point as it's well organized, clear, and easy to follow

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Gisli Adalsteinsson

Best introduction to Julia 1.0 I have found so far

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019

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I have background in R and other programming languages and I find this simple and unpretentious book a great help to learn the the basics of Julia 1.0.

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Rick Porter

An essential guide to the application of Julia

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019

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Practical, clear, and easily understood instruction on Julia. A handbook must have for all using this language.

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Mechanician

Good, but perhaps not good enough

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019

The book is succinct. That is good. Sometimes the brevity of explanations is to the detriment of the argument. For instance, "using" a module does not automatically lead to the symbols defined in that module being available (as stated on page 39). The symbols need to be exported for this to happen. This is not mentioned in that explanation.

The bad news: there are some items of misinformation in the book. For instance, it is stated on page 46 that macros are compiled at runtime. That is wrong: macros are compiled at parse time, produce code which gets compiled, and therefore macros don't even exist at runtime anymore.

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A great starting point for quickly moving to Julia from other programming languages

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022

I first opened this book this morning, since it arrived late last night. During the next couple of hours the book rewarded my hopes and expectations. I have lots of programming experience in creating tools for managers in financial service firms. But I decided to switch to Julia just recently, and wanted a concise introduction to its capabilities. I don't need a book oriented to students who are learning to program for the first time. An alternative would be to read the documentation on the Julia website. But that runs nearly 1,400 pages. That documentation is more complete, but I don't need to know everything it includes. This book lets me easily pick and choose among Julia's components. I strongly endorse it as a starting point for experienced programmers wanting to quickly learn Julia.

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Not bad but you could find better ways to learn julia

Reviewed in France on July 27, 2022

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The book is not bad or good. But this is just a collection of statements without any real application. You can find better (and updated) intro to julia

Julian D St M Porter

Bad book about a pointless language

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2019

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First, the book. It is sloppily written, making no effort to explain how the language works, or even such basic things as how to compile a Julia application: everything takes place within a simple interpreted environment, which is rather unfortunate, given the much mounted (even by this author) advantage of Julia: I.e. that it is compiled, so fast.

Second, ideas are introduced in no order. String array functions are discussed before we know what an array is. Syntax and semantics are seldom discussed. Julia has very complex syntax for indexing arrays and array ranges, but the closest we get to an explanation is some discussion of special cases, with no indication of what (if any) underlying logic there is. Similarly, discussion of function declaration is incoherent and self-contradictory.

Bizarrely, such comparisons to other languages that we get are to Python, which is doubly strange: first, because Python is a rich, dynamic, object-oriented language; second, because of the very obvious similarities between Julia and MATLAB, which is never mentioned. Every 30 pages or so, the author also delivers a brief lecture on the stupidity of indexing arrays from 0 up, instead of 1, and proudly boasts that now we have Julia, this idiocy is over. Well, first, indexing zero up is very useful, as most experienced programmers can tell you; second, even in pure mathematics, indexing zero up can be useful; third, the only other mainstream languages to do this are FORTRAN and MATLAB; fourthly, in most modern languages, array indexing by a numerical variable is, or should be, a thing of the past (e.g. C++ iterators, Python, JavaScript, Haskell or Scala functional operations).

So, the book is a bad introduction to Julia. But, the obvious next question is: do we need a better one? I would say not. What is the point of Julia? It is, basically, a close copy of aspects of MATLAB, it’s sole selling point being that it can be compiled, while MATLAB scripts are interpreted. But - MATLAB can convert scripts to optimised C code, which you can then compile. So what is Julia for? Especially when optimising Python interpreters exist that run code at a speed comparable to native compiled code, so it’s sole quoted advantage over Python has vanished. Forget it. If you like MATLAB, stick to it. If you want an advanced scientific language, use Python, Scala, C++, or one of the many other existing languages with excellent install base, infrastructure, and textbooks.

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Adilson Costa.

Ótima introdução a Júlia

Reviewed in Brazil on August 14, 2019

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Pra quem sabe pouco, é um bom começo. Aborda os principais fundamentos com linguagem fácil e exemplos fáceis e curtos. Recomendo.

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