Julia for Data Scientists First Look

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

Learn the basics of Julia, a popular programming language that combines the power and flexibility of Python with the speed of C.

Syllabus

Introduction

Julia: Power like Python, speed like C
What you should know
Setting up the development environment

1. Overview

Introduction to Julia
The Julia REPL
Building HelloWorld.jl
Differences from other languages

2. Language Basics

Julia variables and data types
Numbers in Julia
Strings in Julia

3. Language Features

Built-in functions
Vectorization operator
Data type casting

4. Control Structures

Conditional statements
Loops
Functions
Exception handling

5. Data Structures

Arrays
Tuples
Sets
Dictionaries

6. Julia Features

Random numbers
String processing
Using the filesystem
Dates and times
Custom types
Sorting data

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Barton Poulson

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