The traditional model of a book does not play very well with the rapidly changing subjects in this field. (I experience this even more at the moment while preparing a book on Rust which converges toward 1.0 in about 2.5 months: Julia 0.3 is much more stable than Rust 1.0 alpha!) Ideally the e-version of a book should be updated at least quarterly. This however requires a different kind of publishing model than current publishers offer, but it should be easily possible. Given enough interest, a book publisher like Packt will be inclined to regularly update editions. I will take care to at least update the code repository at https://github.com/Ivo-Balbaert/start_julia <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FIvo-Balbaert%2Fstart_julia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGifi2TyjJeP4SAsYEkKqgBLCVPWQ> to any new major version of Julia. The 1st Chapter was written in June 2014, the final text submitted December 2014, and I apparently hoped for too long that Forio would bring out an update to its Studio; that's indeed a pity because I like it very much.
Op dinsdag 3 maart 2015 18:45:22 UTC+1 schreef Iain Dunning: > > Will this book be continuously updated or is it frozen in time? It already > seems dangerously out of date, e.g. Chapter 1 apparently contains > "Installing and working with Julia Studio", which Forio doesn't even let > you download anymore. I'm particularly worried about references to > packages, which are even less stable than the core language. > > Most of the chapters seem to follow the structure of the manual, so it is > indeed hard to get a feel for what the book contains. Would be interested > to read a chapter. Code seems to be at: > https://github.com/Ivo-Balbaert/start_julia > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FIvo-Balbaert%2Fstart_julia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGifi2TyjJeP4SAsYEkKqgBLCVPWQ> > > (BTW, the link to the package listing in the preface is broken.) > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 9:41:58 AM UTC-5, Ivo Balbaert wrote: >> >> Thanks, I have asked the editor at Packt to upload another chapter from >> the middle of the book. >> >> Op dinsdag 3 maart 2015 13:04:58 UTC+1 schreef Tamas Papp: >>> >>> Looks interesting, but is there a way to get a preview of more than a >>> few pages? An example chapter somewhere in the middle would be nice. The >>> preview window on the website throws me out after a few pages, so I could >>> not really look into the book. >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 12:14:58 PM UTC+1, Ivo Balbaert wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi fellow Julians, >>>> >>>> I am happy to announce the publication of the book "Getting started >>>> with Julia Programming" on Feb 28 2015 by Packt Publishing, ISBN13: >>>> 9781783284795, 214 pages: >>>> https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/getting-started-julia-programming >>>> >>>> I hope it can serve well as a gentle introduction to Julia programming. >>>> Having worked for some 30 years as a professional developer, I now teach >>>> programming languages and I like to keep track of new developments. I am >>>> by >>>> training a physicist, so I believe in mathematics as the language for >>>> describing the universe, and Julia is perfectly suited for scientific and >>>> technical computing. In the best tradition of scientific deduction (;-): A >>>> language that excels at mathematical programming should also be excellent >>>> for general programming purposes. Because I like Julia very much, I wrote >>>> this book to promote Julia and to offer interested new developers another >>>> way to get familiar with its usage. The book's quality level was guarded >>>> and enhanced by the following reviewers: >>>> >>>> - Pascal Bugnion: is a PhD student in the Theory of Condensed Matter >>>> group in the Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) at Cambridge. >>>> >>>> - Michael Otte: is a Postdoctoral Associate with Aerospace Robotics and >>>> Embedded Systems Laboratory and the Laboratory for Information and >>>> Decision >>>> Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. >>>> >>>> - Dustin Stansbury, who works as a graduate student researcher at the >>>> Vision Science Group at UC Berkeley. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Ivo Balbaert >>>> >>>
