Julia Language Short Course

A short introduction to Julia prepared for the CEMFI Undergraduate Summer Internship 2022.

Course Contents

• Introduction to Julia and its syntax
• Structuring your program
• Some advanced concepts
• Applications to basic problems in economics
• Resources for further learning

Getting Started with Julia & VSCode

1. Install Julia: https://julialang.org/downloads/
2. Install VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com
3. Install Julia for VSCode: Go to View in VSCode, then click on "Extensions" and type "julia" in the search box and hit enter. Install the julia extension.
4. Required Julia packages can then be installed by running RequiredPackages.jl

The main lecture notes are contained in the Pluto notebook LectureNotes.jl. To start the Pluto notebook, you need to run the following command in Julia

using Pluto; Pluto.run()