Data Manipulation in Julia

Overview

Master the essential skills of data manipulation in Julia. Learn how to inspect, transform, group, and visualize DataFrames using real-world datasets.

Julia is a new and exciting programming language designed for machine learning, scientific computing, and data mining. This course will provide you with the knowledge necessary for starting your own data manipulation journey in Julia.

We'll build on your knowledge of DataFrames from the Introduction to Julia and Intermediate Julia courses. By the end of the course, you'll be equipped with core skills for inspecting, transforming, grouping, visualizing DataFrames, and many more.

Syllabus

Inspecting DataFrames

Take your first steps toward complex data manipulation in Julia! Learn how to personalize your experience with the DataFrames package and how to create data visualizations using the Plots package.

Working with columns

Columns are the basic building blocks of DataFrames. Knowing how to handle columns is essential for your data manipulation journey. You'll learn how to reorder and drop columns, as well as how to apply functions to individual rows and whole columns.

Aggregating DataFrames

In this chapter, you'll learn how to group data and calculate grouped summary statistics, as well as how to create pivot tables. You'll also learn how to improve the readability of your code with the Chain.jl package.