Julia Fundamentals: From Syntax to Speed: A practical introduction to writing high-performance Julia code for real-world tasks.

Munrow, Danny

ISBN 13: 9798274702560

Published by Independently published, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Julia Fundamentals: From Syntax to Speed: A practical introduction to writing high-performance Julia code for real-world tasks.
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798274702560
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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Julia is changing the landscape of technical computing. Built for speed, designed for clarity, and engineered for the future of AI, finance, and scientific research, Julia delivers the performance of C with the expressiveness of Python. Julia Fundamentals: From Syntax to Speed is your complete introduction to this next-generation language.

Maxwell Harrington guides you through the core of Julia with the precision of a seasoned quant and the clarity of a world-class educator. You will learn exactly why Julia is reshaping data science, machine learning, and high-performance computing and how to use its features to write fast, elegant, production-grade code.

This book takes you from basic syntax to the deeper mechanics that make Julia exceptional: multiple dispatch, type systems, the JIT compiler, macros, performance profiling, numerical computing, and seamless integration with Python, R, and C. Every chapter combines practical examples with a high-level understanding of how Julia actually works under the hood.

Whether you are a data scientist looking for a performance edge, a quant building real-time systems, or an engineer tired of slow and brittle code, this book gives you the foundation to think, and build, in Julia at an elite level.

Inside you’ll learn:

• The core syntax and structures of Julia written for clarity and speed

• How multiple dispatch powers expressive, high-performance design

• Working with arrays, matrices, and numerical computing

• Writing fast code using type inference, profiling, and performance tips

• Building Julia workflows for data science, ML, and scientific computing

• Calling Python, R, and C from within Julia

• How to structure clean, idiomatic Julia projects for real-world work

Julia Fundamentals is more than an introduction. It is the starting point for anyone serious about mastering one of the most powerful languages of the next decade.