January 2023
Beginner to intermediate
472 pages
13h 21m
English
Overview
Master core data analysis skills using Julia. Interesting hands-on projects guide you through time series data, predictive models, popularity ranking, and more.
In Julia for Data Analysis you will learn how to:
Julia was designed for the unique needs of data scientists: it's expressive and easy-to-use whilst also delivering super-fast code execution. Julia for Data Analysis shows you how to take full advantage of this amazing language to read, write, transform, analyze, and visualize data—everything you need for an effective data pipeline. It’s written by Bogumił Kamiński, one of the top contributors to Julia, #1 Julia answerer on StackOverflow, and a lead developer of Julia’s core data package DataFrames.jl. Its engaging hands-on projects get you into the action quickly. Plus, you’ll even be able to turn your new Julia skills to general purpose programming!
About the Technology
Julia is a great language for data analysis. It’s easy to learn, fast, and it works well for everything from one-off calculations to full-on data processing pipelines. Whether you’re looking for a better way to crunch everyday business data or you’re just starting your data science journey, learning Julia will give you a valuable skill.
About the Book
Julia for Data Analysis teaches you how to handle core data analysis tasks with the Julia programming language. You’ll start by reviewing language fundamentals as you practice techniques for data transformation, visualizations, and more. Then, you’ll master essential data analysis skills through engaging examples like examining currency exchange, interpreting time series data, and even exploring chess puzzles. Along the way, you’ll learn to easily transfer existing data pipelines to Julia.
What's Inside
About the Reader
For data scientists familiar with Python or R. No experience with Julia required.
About the Author
Bogumił Kamiński is one of the lead developers of DataFrames.jl—the core package for data manipulation in the Julia ecosystem. He has over 20 years of experience delivering data science projects.
Quotes
You may wonder, why use Julia for Data Analysis? This book answers both the ‘why’ and the ‘how.’ I really enjoyed that the examples are real-world data—for instance, a set of chess puzzles with 2 million rows!
- From the Foreword by Viral Shah, Co-Founder and CEO of Julia Computing
A brilliant guide to data analysis with Julia.
- Kevin Cheung, Carleton University
One of the best structured and well-written presentations of language fundamentals and analysis concepts that I’ve encountered. I highly recommend this book.
- Maureen Metzger, Kumanu
A solid, hands-on, and really enjoyable introduction to Julia.
- Sonja Krause-Harder, Elastic
In Julia for Data Analysis you will learn how to:
- Read and write data in various formats
- Work with tabular data, including subsetting, grouping, and transforming
- Visualize your data
- Build predictive models
- Create data processing pipelines
- Create web services sharing results of data analysis
- Write readable and efficient Julia programs
Julia was designed for the unique needs of data scientists: it's expressive and easy-to-use whilst also delivering super-fast code execution. Julia for Data Analysis shows you how to take full advantage of this amazing language to read, write, transform, analyze, and visualize data—everything you need for an effective data pipeline. It’s written by Bogumił Kamiński, one of the top contributors to Julia, #1 Julia answerer on StackOverflow, and a lead developer of Julia’s core data package DataFrames.jl. Its engaging hands-on projects get you into the action quickly. Plus, you’ll even be able to turn your new Julia skills to general purpose programming!
About the Technology
Julia is a great language for data analysis. It’s easy to learn, fast, and it works well for everything from one-off calculations to full-on data processing pipelines. Whether you’re looking for a better way to crunch everyday business data or you’re just starting your data science journey, learning Julia will give you a valuable skill.
About the Book
Julia for Data Analysis teaches you how to handle core data analysis tasks with the Julia programming language. You’ll start by reviewing language fundamentals as you practice techniques for data transformation, visualizations, and more. Then, you’ll master essential data analysis skills through engaging examples like examining currency exchange, interpreting time series data, and even exploring chess puzzles. Along the way, you’ll learn to easily transfer existing data pipelines to Julia.
What's Inside
- Read and write data in various formats
- Work with tabular data, including subsetting, grouping, and transforming
- Create data processing pipelines
- Create web services sharing results of data analysis
- Write readable and efficient Julia programs
About the Reader
For data scientists familiar with Python or R. No experience with Julia required.
About the Author
Bogumił Kamiński is one of the lead developers of DataFrames.jl—the core package for data manipulation in the Julia ecosystem. He has over 20 years of experience delivering data science projects.
Quotes
You may wonder, why use Julia for Data Analysis? This book answers both the ‘why’ and the ‘how.’ I really enjoyed that the examples are real-world data—for instance, a set of chess puzzles with 2 million rows!
- From the Foreword by Viral Shah, Co-Founder and CEO of Julia Computing
A brilliant guide to data analysis with Julia.
- Kevin Cheung, Carleton University
One of the best structured and well-written presentations of language fundamentals and analysis concepts that I’ve encountered. I highly recommend this book.
- Maureen Metzger, Kumanu
A solid, hands-on, and really enjoyable introduction to Julia.
- Sonja Krause-Harder, Elastic
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