Julia Programming Training - Netherlands

Julia Programming Training Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Julia

• What is Julia Programming Language?
• Features of Julia
• Scope of Julia
• Getting Started

Module 2: Variables

• Introduction
• Allowed Variable Names
• Stylistic Conventions

Module 3: Integers and Floating-Point Numbers

• Integers
• Floating-Point Numbers
• Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic
• Numeric Literal Coefficients
• Literal Zero and One

Module 4: Mathematical Operations and Elementary Functions

• Arithmetic Operators
• Boolean Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Updating Operators
• Vectorised ‘dot’ Operators
• Numeric Comparisons
• Operator Precedence and Associativity
• Numerical Conversions

Module 5: Complex and Rational Numbers

• Complex Numbers
• Rational Numbers

Module 6: Functions

• Argument Passing Behaviour
• Argument-Type Declarations
• return Keyword
• Operators are Functions
• Operators with Special Names
• Anonymous Functions
• Tuples
• Destructuring Assignment and Multiple Return Values
• Argument Destructuring
• Varargs Functions
• Optional and Keyword Arguments
• Evaluation Scope of Default Values
• Do-Block Syntax for Function Arguments
• Function Composition and Piping
• Dot Syntax for Vectorising Functions

Module 7: Control Flow

• Compound Expressions
• Conditional Evaluation
• Short-Circuit Evaluation
• Repeated Evaluation: Loops
• Exception Handling
• Tasks

Module 8: Methods

• Defining Methods
• Method Ambiguities
• Parametric and Redefining Methods
• Design Patterns with Parametric Methods
• Parametrically-Constrained Varargs Methods
• Function-Like Objects
• Empty Generic Functions
• Method Design and the Avoidance of Ambiguities

Module 9: Constructors

• Outer Constructor Methods
• Inner Constructor Methods
• Incomplete Initialisation
• Parametric Constructors
• Outer-Only Constructors

Module 10: Multi-Threading

• Starting Julia with Multiple Threads
• Data-Race Freedom
• @threads Macro
• Atomic Operations
• Per-Field Atomics
• Side Effects and Mutable Function Arguments
• @threadcall
• Caveats
• Safe Use of Finalizers

Module 11: Embedding Julia

• High-Level Embedding
• High-Level Embedding on Windows with Visual Studio
• Converting Types
• Calling Julia Functions
• Memory Management
• Working with Arrays
• Exceptions

Module 12: Code Loading

• Definitions
• Federation of Packages
• Environments

Module 13: Profiling

• Basic Usage
• Accumulation and Clearing
• Options for Controlling the Display of Profile Results
• Configuration
• Memory Allocation Analysis
• External Profiling

Module 14: Stack Traces

• Viewing a Stack Trace
• Extracting Useful Information
• Error Handling
• Exception Stacks and current_exceptions
• Comparison with Backtrace