Appendix A First steps with Julia

This appendix covers

  • Installing and setting up Julia
  • Getting help in Julia
  • Where to look for help about Julia
  • Managing packages in Julia
  • Overview about standard ways to work with Julia

A.1 Installing and setting up Julia

In this section, I explain how to get, install, and configure your Julia environment. First, visit the “Download Julia” web page (https://julialang.org/downloads/), and download the version of Julia appropriate for the operating system you use.

This book was written and tested with Julia 1.7. When you read this book, a newer version of Julia will likely be available in the “Downloads” section. This should not be a problem. The code we use should work under any newer 1.x version of Julia. Slight ...

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