Programming Languages and - Why Julia?
Make sure to check out the installation page on this website before you come to class.
Basics: REPL, VSCode, Notebooks
We will repeat the basics of julia in a very condensed manner by going through steps 1-7 of MoJuWo live in class.
julia REPL:
VScode:
Notice how there is a julia REPL running as part of the VSCode editor. This is called an integrated development environment (IDE). Very similar to an R session connected to RStudio, or the python interpreter being run through PyCharm etc.
Introduction and: Why Julia?
In this section we want to understand why julia is a good choice for computational tasks - for Economists and others.
Slides for intro: Why Julia? (does not run in my safari browser! 🤷🏻♂️)
Notebooks
We use several Pluto.jl notebooks in this lecture. Here are four rendered ones:
| Topic | rendered Notebook | source of notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Variables | click | click |
| Functions | click | click |
Please download and run the 00-fast.jl notebook on your own computer for the benchmarks! (Right click and copy link, then insert into a Pluto browser!)🏎️
Resources
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