Tips and tricks for splitting Strings in Julia — Splitting a string is one of the most common operations you can perform in any programming language. In this article, we will go over the different ways of splitting strings in Julia, including extensive examples of the different approaches. The basic split syntax 🖖 We will start by declaring a basic string: julia> my_string =…

Julia 2.0: you shouldn’t hold your breath waiting for it — If you have been programming for a while, there’s a good chance you have lived through breaking changes in ecosystems which may have left a bad taste in your mouth. Many people I have met speak disparagingly of the transition the Python ecosystem went through from version 2.X to 3.0…

Apple Silicon support, typed globals, and more — Julia 1.8 is hot off the GitHub release pipeline, jam-packed with tons of helpful new features. If you want a full overview of all of the new changes, check out the release blog post from the core development team. In this post, I will highlight 3 of the features mentioned…

JuliaCon 2022 wrapped up on Saturday July 30th with the annual virtual hackathon. As one of the conference organizers, the live conference days during JuliaCon are usually filled putting out fires and making sure that everything is running smoothly. So much so that I tend to miss a lot of…

It should come as no surprise to those following the growth and expansion of the Julia Programming Language ecosystem that in this year’s Stack Overflow developer survey, Julia ranked in the top 5 for the most loved languages (above Python — 6th, MatLab — Last, and R — 33rd). As…

The Julia programming language is quietly taking climate modeling into the 21st century. — Whether you like it or not, the climate is changing, and sadly, not for the better. With ocean temperatures rising, pollution accelerating uncontrollably, and natural disasters worsening, it is quite difficult to grapple with the new reality of these issues. …

The annual JuliaCon conference is right around the corner (July 27th — 29th online). JuliaCon is the largest Julia conference of the year and features workshops, talks, social events, and much more! …

Everything you need to start creating Data Pipelines 🪠🧑‍🔧 — Julia is a natural choice for Data Science and Machine Learning? But what about Data Engineering? In this post, we go over how you can use Julia for various Data Engineering tasks, from the basics to creating pipelines. …

One of the most common questions I get via email and direct message is: “Hey, I really like programming in Julia, how can I get a job doing this full time?” In this post, we will go over some of the things you should do if you are part of…