Learning How to program on HPC cluster (part IV: Scripting and Julia)

Wednesday 19 Nov 2025, 09:30 → 16:15 Europe/Brussels

CYCL09B (Louvain-La-Neuve)

Python/Julia are scripting languages used in many scientific software. In this session, we will cover the basics of python/Julia and introduce the concept of object oriented code with Python.
Contents: Scripting philosopy Introduction to Julia	Prerequisite: Being able to use SSH with private keys  Being familiar with a text editor  Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.) Type: Hands-on Target audience: Rookie programmer Must: This session is a nice-to-have for those who are using scripting for science

1 Scripting Methodology

Speaker: Damien François (UCLouvain/CISM)

2 Introduction to Julia

Julia is a recent (2012) programming language created at the MIT with the aim to provide performance on par with the likes of C and Fortran, with the ease of use of languages like Python and Matlab. The goal of this session is to introduce the key ideas of Julia while giving as many pointers for getting started as possible.

Contents:

• Installing Julia
• Basics of Julia
• Multiple Dispatch
• Installing and managing packages

 

Prerequisite:

• Being able to use SSH with private keys 
• Being familiar with a text editor 
• Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.)

Type: Hands-on
Target audience: Rookie programmer
Must: This session is a nice-to-have for those who need to develop fast scientific software.

Speaker: Cédric Simal (Université de Namur)

basic.ipynb

Github with slides and examples

slides.pdf

types.ipynb