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Introduction to Julia

Introduction to Julia course at Imperial College

3 × 2 hour classes

• Part 1: Getting started, Functions, Conditionals, Data Structures
• Part 2: Packages, Plotting, Types, Multiple Dispatch
• Part 3: Benchmarking Julia, Linear Algebra, AutoDifferentiation

Tutors :

• Yiannis Simillides
• Evripides Georgiades

On completion of this workshop you will be able to:

• Use Jupyter Notebooks to execute Julia scripts and install packages.
• Apply fundamental components of the Julia language including variables, loops, conditionals and functions.
• Create programs designed to solve simple problems.
• Interpret common errors and use these to help debug a program.
• as well as advanced concepts, such as Multiple Dispatch and custom data types.

Prerequisites

• No programming experience is required
• Binder runtime will be provided
• Feel free to install https://julialang.org/downloads/

Useful (Julia) Links

• https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/
• https://julialang.slack.com/
• https://discourse.julialang.org/c/usage/first-steps/8

Feedback

This is the second time this course is running, so please feel free to let me know if anything needs changing / any feedback/ difficulties or anything you particularly enjoyed!