It depends on what kind of problem you'd like to solve and how you'd like 
to solve it. 

- JuMP is a modeling interface that lies between you and a dedicated 
solver. JuMP lets you easily specify your problem, sends that problem to 
the solver, and retrieves output for you. JuMP itself is not a solver.

- Packages such as Optim.jl implement some optimization algorithms in pure 
Julia and thus do not require external solvers nor packages to interact 
with them.

See juliaopt.org for an overview of the optimization packages and how they 
fit together.

Which solver is best depends on many factors: primarily what kind of 
problem you want to solve, but also whether you need features like 
callbacks, what licenses you have access to, etc. The main page of 
juliaopt.org has a chart which can help you pick a a solver (probably to be 
used with JuMP) or a pure Julia optimization package.

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