tl;dr: meh. I bought it, and one of my grad students is using it as an intro to Julia.
Packt is aggresively spammy - it has nothing to do with the quality of the book, but it does not convey a very good image. Other than that -- the book is good, but not outstanding. A good introduction, but nothing more complete than what you can find online. And because Julia is still evolving vast, it will not remain relevant for long. It's not required reading, is what I'm saying. But it's not awful either. t Le lundi 12 octobre 2015 à 10:23 -0700, Umberto a écrit : > now that the book has been published, has anyone read it? > Comments? > > On Friday, December 5, 2014 at 12:31:13 AM UTC+1, Wilfred Hughes > wrote: > > > > I received an email today about being a technical reviewer for a > > book on > > Julia! > > > > We're currently developing a book titled *Mastering Julia* aiming > > at > > > building statistical models with linear regressions and analysis > > > of > > > variance (ANOVA) and will be working on probability, probability > > > distributions, and random variables covering data structures > > > such as > > > matrices, lists, factors, and data frames. This book is targeted > > > at Intermediate > > > level developer in statistical languages and one who will be > > > having > > > understanding of Core elements and applications. > > > > > > Would you be interested in acting as reviewer for this book? > > > > > Now, I enjoy Julia, and I'm happy to help promote the language, but > > I > > don't think I'm particularly qualified to be a technical reviewer > > of a book > > on Julia programming. I found this thread on julia-dev: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/julia-dev/HrdpknFgdfk/SAVMyya > > cT_sJ > > where Packt contacted a large number of folks seeking an author. > > > > Has anyone else received something like this? In principle, I'm all > > in > > favour of producing promotional or teaching materials, but I'm > > surprised it > > lead to me being contacted. > > -- Timothée Poisot, PhD Professeur adjoint Département des sciences biologiques Université de Montréal phone : 514 343-7691 web : http://poisotlab.io twitter: @PoisotLab meeting: https://tpoisot.youcanbook.me/
