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Tutorial 1 - Show What Julia Can Do

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In this tutorial, you will tour and learn Julia's syntax such as declaring variables, writing functions, and calling functions. You will also learn how to write collections such as arrays and dictionaries, and also how to write loops such as for-loops and while-loops.

Along the way, you will write small programs in Julia to further familiarise yourself with its syntax.

You will also learn to use the package manager and the Julia REPL which makes Julia more fun to use!

Start your first steps into Julia here.

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Helpful prior knowledge

None but recommended to have some programming experience.


Learning Outcomes

You will be able to:

  • Install Julia through Juliaup.
  • Write Julia syntax.
  • Use the package manager in the Julia REPL.

Tutorial Steps

Total steps: 9

  • Step 1: Installing Julia
  • Step 2: What is Julia Anyway?
  • Step 3: Variables in Julia
  • Step 4: Code Comments in Julia
  • Step 5: Data Types and Operators in Julia
  • Step 6: Collections in Julia
  • Step 7: Writing Small Programs in Julia
  • Step 8: Julia REPL, Pkg.jl and Packages in Julia
  • Step 9: Stacking It Up!

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