Skip to Content
Learning Julia
book

Learning Julia

by Anshul Joshi, Rahul Lakhanpal
November 2017
Beginner
316 pages
6h 40m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Learning Julia

Julia's importance in data science

In the last decade, data science has become a buzzword, with Harvard Business Review naming it the sexiest job of the 21st century. What is a data scientist? The answer was published in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2015/jun/30/whats-a-data-scientist-and-how-do-i-become-one):

A data scientist takes raw data and marries it with analysis to make it accessible and more valuable for an organization. To do this, they need a unique blend of skills—a solid grounding in maths and algorithms and a good understanding of human behaviors, as well as knowledge of the industry they're working in, to put their findings into context. From here, they can unlock insights from the datasets and start to ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Mastering Julia

Mastering Julia

Malcolm Sherrington
Learning Julia: Introduction to Types

Learning Julia: Introduction to Types

Spencer Russell, Leah Hanson

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781785883279