I just want to thank everyone who replied to this thread. These details are really helpful.
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 12:25:30 PM UTC-6, Gray Calhoun wrote: > > Seconded. If anyone has time to just record a 5 minute screencast > of "working productively in Julia" I think he or she would have a > moderately sized but very appreciative audience. > > On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 4:45:13 AM UTC-6, Tamas Papp wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am wondering what the best workflow is for iterative/exploratory >> programming (as opposed to, say, library development). I feel that my >> questions below all have solutions, it's just that I am not experienced >> enough in Julia to figure them out. >> >> The way I have been doing it so far: >> 1. open a file in the editor, >> 2. start `using` some libraries, >> 3. write a few functions, load data, plot, analyze >> 4. rewrite functions, repeat 2-4 until satisfied. >> >> I usually end up with a bunch of functions, followed by the actual >> runtime code. >> >> However, I run into the following issues (or, rather, inconveniences) >> with nontrivial code: >> >> a. If I redefine a function, then I have to recompile dependent >> functions, which is tedious and occasionally a source of bugs >> (cf. https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/265 ) >> >> b. I can't redefine types. >> >> I can solve both by restarting (`workspace()`), but then I have to >> reload & recompile everything. >> >> I am wondering if there is a more organized way of doing this --- eg put >> some stuff in a module in a separate file and just keep reloading that, >> etc. Any advice, or pointers to tutorials would be appreciated. >> >> I am using Emacs/ESS. >> >> Also, is there a way to unintern symbols (a la CL) that would solve the >> type redefinition issue? >> >> Best, >> >> Tamas >> >
