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Why Julia? A Gentle Pitch
https://github.com/storopoli/why-julia

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Why Julia? A Gentle Pitch

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/storopoli/why-julia
• Owner: storopoli
• License: cc-by-sa-4.0
• Created: 2023-02-10T12:30:24.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-06T08:25:16.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T19:31:23.582Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: julia, julia-lang, julia-language, scientific-computing
• Homepage: https://storopoli.github.io/Why-Julia
• Size: 3.46 MB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# Why Julia? A gentle pitch

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My honest opinion on why you want to use Julia.

You can access the slides at [storopoli.github.io/Why-Julia](https://storopoli.github.io/Why-Julia).

It assumes that you are a Python user that does scientific computing.

## Author

Jose Storopoli, PhD - [_Lattes_ CV](http://lattes.cnpq.br/2281909649311607) - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0559-5176) - 

## How to use the content?

The content is licensed under a very permissive Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA).

You are mostly welcome to contribute with [issues](https://www.github.com/storopoli/Why-Julia/issues)

and [pull requests](https://github.com/storopoli/Why-Julia/pulls).

My hope is to have **more people into Julia**.

To configure a local environment:

1. Download and install [Julia](https://www.julialang.org/downloads/)

2. Clone the repository from GitHub:

   `git clone https://github.com/storopoli/Why-Julia.git`

3. Access the directory: `cd Why-Julia`

4. Activate the environment by typing in the Julia REPL:

   ```julia

   using Pkg

   Pkg.activate(".")

   Pkg.instantiate()

   ```

## How to cite

To cite these slides, please use:

    Storopoli (2023). Why Julia? A gentle pitch. https://storopoli.github.io/Why-Julia.

Or in BibTeX format (LaTeX):

    @misc{storopoli2023whyjulia,

      author = {Storopoli, Jose},

      title = {Why Julia? A gentle pitch},

      url = {https://storopoli.github.io/Why-Julia},

      year = {2023}

    }

## License

This content is licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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