Introduction


  • “Julia is a just-in-time compiled language”
  • “Julia packages compose well”

Using the REPL


  • “The REPL reads the given input, evaluates the given expression and prints the resulting output to the user.”
  • “Pressing ? enters help mode.”
  • “Pressing ; enters shell mode.”
  • “Pressing ] enters pkg mode.”

The Julia Type System


  • “In Julia types have only one direct supertype.”

Using the Package Manager


  • “Find packages on JuliaHub”
  • “add packages using pkg> add
  • “use many small environments rather than one big environment”