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Does anyone here know any good debugger for Julia? That being said, Julia is really fun language to learn if you know Python and Matlab already. Although in th

Does anyone here know any good debugger for Julia? That being said, Julia is really fun language to learn if you know Python and Matlab already. Although in the beginning, I kept on forgetting whether it is following Matlab-like syntax or Python-like syntax for certain features. One of the biggest problems that I had with Julia (which is one of the main reason I stopped using it) was the flexibility of the . notation. I use this feature in Python and Matlab a lot and I had some serious trouble trying to make it work or finding examples on how to use it. Though I think this problem will be fixed as the community grows.

ced 10y ago
https://github.com/Keno/Gallium.jl https://github.com/Keno/Gallium.jl for the debugger. It was still a bit unstable last time I tried it. One of the biggest problems that I had with Julia (which is one of the main reason I stopped using it) was the flexibility of the . notation. I use this feature in Python and Matlab a lot and I had some serious trouble trying to make it work or finding examples on how to use it. Though I think this problem will be fixed as the community grows. What are you referring to? Properties?
- syntaxing 10y ago
  I mean the composite types that Julia offers. I was originally trying to use it to replicate some of the structure array that Matlab offers. Understandably this isn't the most efficient way to create a list, but it makes it so easy and clean to pass variables between functions when I'm trying to crunch some numbers quick. I tried getting used to calling sub-functions with a . (like Python) as well but didn't get too far.
  - ced 10y ago
    I'm intrigued, could you give an example of the Matlab way?
    - syntaxing 10y ago
      Most of MATLAB toolboxes and functions send most of their data between function this way. For instance, the GUIDE toolbox puts everything between handle functions and structure variables. If you wanted the button to look a certain way, all the information can be stored in one variable. For example (this is just an dummy example, I can't recall the exact syntax right now for GUIDE), the button variable will be: button1.color = 'blue', button1.size= [150,200], button1.position = [200,325], etc... Therefore when you only need to input and return one variable (Button1) for each element. It's a really convenient way to keep track of your variables.
      - ced 10y ago
        Interesting. Maybe dictionaries would fill that role? Julia has macros, so you can usually implement other languages' syntactic convenience.
drjesusphd 10y ago
I find it almost purely Matlab-like in syntax. What do you have in mind that's Python-like?

ced 10y ago

https://github.com/Keno/Gallium.jl https://github.com/Keno/Gallium.jl for the debugger. It was still a bit unstable last time I tried it. One of the biggest problems that I had with Julia (which is one of the main reason I stopped using it) was the flexibility of the . notation. I use this feature in Python and Matlab a lot and I had some serious trouble trying to make it work or finding examples on how to use it. Though I think this problem will be fixed as the community grows. What are you referring to? Properties?

syntaxing 10y ago
I mean the composite types that Julia offers. I was originally trying to use it to replicate some of the structure array that Matlab offers. Understandably this isn't the most efficient way to create a list, but it makes it so easy and clean to pass variables between functions when I'm trying to crunch some numbers quick. I tried getting used to calling sub-functions with a . (like Python) as well but didn't get too far.
- ced 10y ago
  I'm intrigued, could you give an example of the Matlab way?
  - syntaxing 10y ago
    Most of MATLAB toolboxes and functions send most of their data between function this way. For instance, the GUIDE toolbox puts everything between handle functions and structure variables. If you wanted the button to look a certain way, all the information can be stored in one variable. For example (this is just an dummy example, I can't recall the exact syntax right now for GUIDE), the button variable will be: button1.color = 'blue', button1.size= [150,200], button1.position = [200,325], etc... Therefore when you only need to input and return one variable (Button1) for each element. It's a really convenient way to keep track of your variables.
    - ced 10y ago
      Interesting. Maybe dictionaries would fill that role? Julia has macros, so you can usually implement other languages' syntactic convenience.

drjesusphd 10y ago

I find it almost purely Matlab-like in syntax. What do you have in mind that's Python-like?