I agree that the "Learn Julia in Y minutes" was very helpful just as a starting point, but after that I learned by reading the manuals and source code, mostly. Unfortunately, "Learn Julia in Y minutes" hasn't been updated to Julia 0.4 yet.
On Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:16:08 UTC-4, jock....@gmail.com wrote: > > 1. Learn the basics of syntax quickly in 10 minutes > <https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/>. > > 2. Depending on your reason for learning Julia, one of: > a) Translate an existing script into Julia. Translating Python scripts > is particularly instructive because the syntax is similar. > b) Write a new (simple) script that does something you need for > work/study. > c) Look at the source of a package > d) Follow a tutorial for say Python or R, but using only Julia > > 3. Refine the output of 2. in terms of memory usage, performance, etc by > consulting this user group, the manual, etc. > > > On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 7:44:49 PM UTC+11, Tamas Papp wrote: >> >> 1. reading through the manual, which I am doing again since the language >> had some subtle changes compared to 0.3 and the manual also improved, >> >> 2. working through the source code of some core packages, to learn >> idiomatic solutions. Eg at the moment I am studying Distributions.jl, >> learned a lot about how to handle corner cases, trade-offs between >> optimization and safety, etc. StreamStats.jl, rational.jl and SIUnits.jl >> were also interesting to study. >> >> Best, >> >> Tamas >> >> On Tue, Dec 15 2015, Spencer Russell <s...@media.mit.edu> wrote: >> >> > What introductory tutorials or resources are people liking these days? >> > I'm particularly interested in people who have just learned Julia >> > recently, but obviously interested to hear from anyone. What was most >> > helpful for you? >> > >> > Sometimes I get questions from friends or colleagues who are interested >> > in trying Julia and I'd like to be able to point them to some >> > informative and up-to-date (0.4) materials. >> > >> > -s >> >
