Julia from Zero v1.0.0 — First Complete Bilingual Course Release

Julia from Zero

Programming, Scientific Computing, and Numerical Methods in Julia

A practical course for programmers — from the first notebook to a complete capstone project.

This is the first complete public release of the Cartesian School Julia from Zero course.

Highlights

• 15 lessons: Lesson 0 through Lesson 14
• complete Polish edition in PL/
• complete Russian edition in RU/
• scientific computing and numerical methods
• linear algebra and matrix factorizations
• performance and JIT optimization topics
• multiple dispatch and Julia programming model
• plotting and package management
• final Capstone project: ThermalLab
• bilingual repository validation
• GitHub Actions CI
• reproducible Julia 1.11.x project environment

Course structure

• Lesson 0 — Getting Started
• Lesson 1 — Strings
• Lesson 2 — Data Structures
• Lesson 3 — Loops
• Lesson 4 — Conditionals
• Lesson 5 — Functions
• Lesson 6 — Packages
• Lesson 7 — Plotting
• Lesson 8 — Multiple Dispatch
• Lesson 9 — Julia is Fast
• Lesson 10 — Linear Algebra Concepts
• Lesson 11 — Linear Algebra in Julia
• Lesson 12 — Factorizations and Other Fun
• Lesson 13 — Numerical Computing
• Lesson 14 — Final Project / Capstone — ThermalLab

Languages

• Polish
• Russian
• repository documentation also available in English

Validation

This release includes a rebuilt bilingual validation and CI pipeline covering:

• PL/RU lesson inventory
• notebook schema
• lesson numbering
• structural parity
• navigation
• repository hygiene
• language contamination checks
• Markdown quality
• Julia environment validation

Environment

The course targets Julia 1.11.x.

The committed Manifest.toml is currently resolved with Julia 1.11.3.

Licensing

• code: MIT
• Cartesian School educational content: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
• external materials retain their original licenses and attribution requirements

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