# Matlab Basics 2021 A small intro --- # Why are we here? - Take these 9 hours together for thinking and learning. It will take more to properly learn Matlab. - I do not work for Matlab - This is an interactive course, you will have to type the commands and test things by yourself. --- # Matlab or Python? | | Matlab | Python | | -------- | -------- | -------- | | Open | - | + | |Formal coding|-|+| |More libraries (especially for data science)|-|+| More requests in the job market|-|+| Industry oriented (e.g. embedding code into chips, working with controllers, etc) [pssst: C++!]|+|-| More useful outside academia|-|+| Stable/portable software environment|+|-| If you don't have a strong reason to learn Matlab, learn Python. - https://docs.python-guide.org/intro/learning - https://scicomp.aalto.fi/training/scip/python-for-scicomp/ - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLVmS9rf3nOS7bHNmbcDoyTnMYaz_TJW --- # What are your learning goals? - No learning without goals - Let's test hackMD --- # Outline for today - The desktop environment - Self learning and self helping - https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/ - https://se.mathworks.com/help/matlab/index.html - `help plot` or `doc plot` - Matlab Onramp from https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/ - Software carpentry course https://swcarpentry.github.io/matlab-novice-inflammation/ :::danger Please do not use zoom chat, write on hackMD :::