Learn Julia programming by building fun projects, like launching rockets, building password keepers, and even coding battle simulations.

Julia as a Second Language covers:

• How Julia implements data types such as numbers, strings, arrays, and dictionaries
• Solving problems with both object-oriented and functional programming
• Getting immediate feedback with Julia's read-evaluate-print-loop (REPL)
• Taking advantage of Julia's powerful multiple dispatch system
• Sharing code using modules and packages

Julia as a Second Language introduces Julia to readers with a beginning-level knowledge of another language like Python or JavaScript. It skips programming basics and dives straight into Julia's unique features. You'll learn by coding engaging hands-on projects that encourage you to apply what you are learning immediately.

About the technology

Julia is a powerful high-performance programming language with many developer-friendly features like garbage collection, dynamic typing, just-in-time compilation, and a flexible approach to concurrent, parallel, and distributed computing. Although Julia's strong numerical programming features make it a favorite of data scientists, it is also an awesome general purpose programming language. Julia's users call it the "goldilocks language", with a "just right" balance of performance and productivity.

About the reader

Readers need basic skills with another programming language like Python, JavaScript, or C#.

About the Author

Erik Engheim is a writer, conference speaker, video course author and software developer. He has spent much of his career developing 3D modeling software for reservoir modeling and simulation in the Norwegian gas and oil industry. Erik also spent several years as an iOS and Android developer.

Reviews

"Helped kickstart my use of Julia for serious projects. It's a solid review of the core language features that doesn't get bogged down on programming fundamentals you already know."
Jonathan Owens, GE Global Research

"Everything you need to learn Julia."
Amanda Debler, Schaeffler Technologies

"Perfect for anyone who needs to learn Julia but doesn't know where to start."
Simone Sguazza, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

Book Information
ISBN 9781617299711
Author Erik Engheim
Format Paperback
Page Count 414
Imprint Manning Publications
Publisher Manning Publications
Weight(grams) 735g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 186mm * 20mm