# Package Announcements

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## [\[ANN\] COBREXA.jl: COnstraint-Based Reconstruction and EXa-scale Analysis in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cobrexa-jl-constraint-based-reconstruction-and-exa-scale-analysis-in-julia/63022)

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**Author:** [@Elmo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Elmo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cobrexa-jl-constraint-based-reconstruction-and-exa-scale-analysis-in-julia/63022 "2021-06-16T19:43:51Z")

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Large-scale mechanistic biological models present unique difficulties in terms of system identification and parameterization. Constraint-based reconstruction and analysis (COBRA) methods are a relatively recent developme…

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## [\[ANN\] DescriptorSystems.jl: A package for manipulation of generalized state-space (descriptor) system representations](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-descriptorsystems-jl-a-package-for-manipulation-of-generalized-state-space-descriptor-system-representations/62566)

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**Author:** [@andreasvarga](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andreasvarga)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-descriptorsystems-jl-a-package-for-manipulation-of-generalized-state-space-descriptor-system-representations/62566 "2021-06-16T13:45:45Z")

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I’m pleased to announce the release of v1.0 of the package DescriptorSystems.jl for manipulation of descriptor systems. Descriptor systems are the most general models employed to describe linear time-invariant systems u…

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## [\[ANN\] eQuilibrator.jl - an interface to equilibrator\_api](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-equilibrator-jl-an-interface-to-equilibrator-api/62946)

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**Author:** [@Elmo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Elmo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-equilibrator-jl-an-interface-to-equilibrator-api/62946 "2021-06-15T12:43:29Z")

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Thermodynamic data is useful for constraining the direction and rate of chemical reactions. Gibbs free energy is often used to analyze biological systems, and large databases exist to calculate the Gibbs free energy of r…

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## [ANN: CUDA.jl 3.3](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cuda-jl-3-3/62864)

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**Author:** [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cuda-jl-3-3/62864 "2021-06-14T07:10:59Z")

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Hi all, I’ve released CUDA.jl 3.3 on Friday, with several exciting new features. There’s a blog post summarizing those features, as well as some from CUDA.jl 3.1 and 3.2 (for which there wasn’t a blog post): CUDA.jl 3.3…

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## [\[ANN\] Dictionaries.jl 0.3.0 - now using ordered collections by default](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-dictionaries-jl-0-3-0-now-using-ordered-collections-by-default/41249)

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**Author:** [@andyferris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andyferris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-dictionaries-jl-0-3-0-now-using-ordered-collections-by-default/41249 "2021-06-13T02:46:45Z")

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I’d like to announce the release of Dictionaries.jl v0.3.0. The headline changes are that dictionaries and indices now have a well-defined order (just like in OrderedCollections.jl) and that HashDictionary has been rena…

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## [\[ANN\] Shrike.jl: Julia beats optimized C++ (Fast accurate approximate nearest neighbor search)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-shrike-jl-julia-beats-optimized-c-fast-accurate-approximate-nearest-neighbor-search/62763)

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**Author:** [@djpasseyjr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djpasseyjr)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-shrike-jl-julia-beats-optimized-c-fast-accurate-approximate-nearest-neighbor-search/62763 "2021-06-12T20:59:23Z")

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I wrote a Julia package (Shrike.jl) for approximate nearest neighbor search. My algorithm draws heavily on the mrpt algorithm and uses the same principles behind annoy (a popular approximate nearest neighbor package by S…

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## [Workbooks.jl / Julia and spreadsheets](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workbooks-jl-julia-and-spreadsheets/62475)

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**Author:** [@felix](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/felix)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workbooks-jl-julia-and-spreadsheets/62475 "2021-06-10T18:22:11Z")

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Part I Hello, long-time lurker here. This has been sitting with me for a long time, and now I’m not sure how to start. I think the core idea of this post is this manifesto (in the paraphrased words of someone smarter tha…

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## [\[ANN\] Announcing RangeHelpers.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-announcing-rangehelpers-jl/62681)

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**Author:** [@jw3126](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jw3126)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-announcing-rangehelpers-jl/62681 "2021-06-10T16:09:44Z")

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Ever needed a range with startpoint 10, endpoint 121.7 and a step of 25? Well that is mathematically not possible, so you need to compromise. There are lots of options, you could relax the startpoint, endpoint or step.…

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## [Announcing Lale.jl for AutoML](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-lale-jl-for-automl/62404)

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**Author:** [@kiran-kate](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kiran-kate)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-lale-jl-for-automl/62404 "2021-06-07T10:09:27Z")

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Lale.jl is a Julia wrapper of Python’s Lale library for semi-automated data science. Lale makes it easy to automatically select algorithms and tune hyperparameters of pipelines that are compatible with scikit-learn, in a…

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## [ANN: Tectonic.jl - a wrapper for tectonic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-tectonic-jl-a-wrapper-for-tectonic/42375)

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**Author:** [@mike](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mike)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-tectonic-jl-a-wrapper-for-tectonic/42375 "2021-06-07T08:51:42Z")

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Tectonic.jl: this is a small wrapper package for tectonic. It is currently being registered in General. From the tectonic project description: A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX …

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## [Announcing two extensions to ModelingToolkit.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-two-extensions-to-modelingtoolkit-jl/62445)

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**Author:** [@cadojo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cadojo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-two-extensions-to-modelingtoolkit-jl/62445 "2021-06-05T17:08:45Z")

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I’ve been rewriting all of my hard-coded dynamics with ModelingToolkit.jl. Here are two new extensions! They are set to automerge into the General registry in 3 days. Astrodynamics See AstrodynamicalModels.jl for restri…

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## [ANN: new version of BifurcationKit.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-version-of-bifurcationkit-jl/62355)

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**Author:** [@rveltz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rveltz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-version-of-bifurcationkit-jl/62355 "2021-06-03T20:11:54Z")

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Dear all, I am glad to report a new version of BifurcationKit.jl. Compared to the previous one, emphasis was put on the computation of codimension 2 bifurcation points. the continuation of Fold/Hopf points have been g…

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## [\[ANN\] Catwalk.jl - With dynamic dispatch to the moon! (an adaptive optimizer, aka JIT compiler)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-catwalk-jl-with-dynamic-dispatch-to-the-moon-an-adaptive-optimizer-aka-jit-compiler/57917)

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**Author:** [@tisztamo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tisztamo)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-catwalk-jl-with-dynamic-dispatch-to-the-moon-an-adaptive-optimizer-aka-jit-compiler/57917 "2021-06-02T20:26:18Z")

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I ended up implementing one of my pipe dreams, and hey, it works! :smiley: Catwalk.jl Intro Catwalk.jl can speed up long-running Julia processes by minimizing the overhead of dynamic dispatch. It is a JIT compiler that…

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## [FloatingTableView.jl has been submitted for registration](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/floatingtableview-jl-has-been-submitted-for-registration/44941)

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**Author:** [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/floatingtableview-jl-has-been-submitted-for-registration/44941 "2021-06-02T05:43:01Z")

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My first package, FloatingTableView.jl has been submitted for registration. This package is designed for users coming from Stata, which offers a super fast table viewing function that opens up a new window to see the da…

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## [\[ANN\] DataDrivenDiffEq.jl - Overhauled in 0.6.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-datadrivendiffeq-jl-overhauled-in-0-6-0/62199)

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**Author:** [@Julius\_Martensen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Julius_Martensen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-datadrivendiffeq-jl-overhauled-in-0-6-0/62199 "2021-06-01T15:17:46Z")

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I’d like to finally and officially announce the DataDrivenDiffEq.jl, a package in the SciML ecosystem for the structural estimation and inference of nonlinear differential equations. The main features include: Dynamic…

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## [\[ANN\] ImPlot.jl -- FAST real-time plotting for CImGui.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-implot-jl-fast-real-time-plotting-for-cimgui-jl/43087)

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**Author:** [@wsphillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wsphillips)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-implot-jl-fast-real-time-plotting-for-cimgui-jl/43087 "2021-05-26T21:21:51Z")

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I wrapped a really nice plotting extension called implot, a C++ plugin for Dear ImGui. With some clutch help from @Gnimuc and the magic of BinaryBuilder.jl this package can be imported into a Julia session that’s using C…

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## [\[ANN\] ParallelKMeans v1.0.0 - KMeans In Super Sonic Mode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-parallelkmeans-v1-0-0-kmeans-in-super-sonic-mode/61786)

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**Author:** [@PyDataBlog](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PyDataBlog)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-parallelkmeans-v1-0-0-kmeans-in-super-sonic-mode/61786 "2021-05-26T19:16:54Z")

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Hello everyone. We are finally ready to announce ParallelKMeans is finally and stable enough for daily use. Before I go into the details of this package, I would like to apologize to @Skoffer for the little commotion my…

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## [\[ANN\] SBML.jl - simple wrapper for Systems biology markup language](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-sbml-jl-simple-wrapper-for-systems-biology-markup-language/61815)

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**Author:** [@MirekKratochvil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MirekKratochvil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-sbml-jl-simple-wrapper-for-systems-biology-markup-language/61815 "2021-05-25T22:29:01Z")

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We have released SBML.jl back in February, but since the original micropackage keeps packing up new features, I guess it’s a good time to announce it here now. SBML.jl is a wrapper for libSBML (http://sbml.org/Software/…

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## [\[ANN\] TerminalPager.jl v0.2.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-terminalpager-jl-v0-2-0/61616)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-terminalpager-jl-v0-2-0/61616 "2021-05-24T18:31:27Z")

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Hi! I just tagged a new version of TerminalPager.jl with minor updates. We have now two macros to help. The first one is called @dpr and can be used to access any documentation inside the pager: julia\> @dpr write T…

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## [\[ANN\] ReferenceFrameRotations v1.0.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-referenceframerotations-v1-0-0/61544)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-referenceframerotations-v1-0-0/61544 "2021-05-23T22:46:05Z")

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Hi! After 7 years (!!) from the first public commit, and 8 years of development (when it was called Rotations.jl, clashing with the Rotations.jl package), I am glad to tag v1.0.0 of ReferenceFrameRotations.jl. This pack…

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## [\[ANN\] MaskArrays.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-maskarrays-jl/61326)

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**Author:** [@cscherrer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cscherrer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-maskarrays-jl/61326 "2021-05-18T23:44:44Z")

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MaskArrays.jl is a small package for working with arrays containing missing values. It does this by expressing the array in four pieces: A “base array” with no missing values. For example, the base array for a Matrix{U…

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## [\[ANN\] LocalRegistry 0.4](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-localregistry-0-4/61254)

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**Author:** [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-localregistry-0-4/61254 "2021-05-16T17:57:05Z")

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LocalRegistry lets you create and maintain local registries for Julia packages. Version 0.4.0 is a breaking release. Breaking Changes The push keyword argument to register now defaults to true. The registry argume…

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## [\[ANN\] SeaPearl.jl - A Constraint Programming solver that can use Reinforcement Learning to improve its heuristics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-seapearl-jl-a-constraint-programming-solver-that-can-use-reinforcement-learning-to-improve-its-heuristics/60607)

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**Author:** [@ilancoulon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ilancoulon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-seapearl-jl-a-constraint-programming-solver-that-can-use-reinforcement-learning-to-improve-its-heuristics/60607 "2021-05-09T09:20:15Z")

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I am pretty proud to announce that SeaPearl, the package Félix Chalumeau and I have been working for the past year, is finally out. It intends to be a whole Constraint Programming solver, but that can use a Reinforcem…

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## [AbbreviatedStackTraces.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/abbreviatedstacktraces-jl/60792)

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**Author:** [@BioTurboNick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioTurboNick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/abbreviatedstacktraces-jl/60792 "2021-05-09T08:31:50Z")

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Tired of scrolling through long error messages? Check out my package, AbbreviatedStackTraces! It’s experimental and works by straight overwriting base Julia methods, so it isn’t in the registry. To try it out: \]add ht…

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## [\[ANN\] ExcelUtilities.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-excelutilities-jl/55907)

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**Author:** [@Alec\_Loudenback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alec_Loudenback)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-excelutilities-jl/55907 "2021-05-07T16:08:40Z")

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In my line of work, I’m in and out of Excel a lot and wanted to be able to go back and forth between Excel and Julia. So ExcelUtilities.jl enables you to copy and paste to and from Excel: I spiked this out of it’s ori…

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## [\[WIP\] Cameras.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wip-cameras-jl/18067)

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**Author:** [@stemann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stemann)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wip-cameras-jl/18067 "2021-05-07T12:35:39Z")

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Here is our current state of a (very minimal) high-level camera interface: GitHub - IHPSystems/Cameras.jl: A Julia interface for cameras It could be great if we could implement a common interface for various machine vis…

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## [\[ANN\] Announcing Utilitas.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-announcing-utilitas-jl/60651)

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**Author:** [@ChetanVardhan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChetanVardhan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-announcing-utilitas-jl/60651 "2021-05-06T17:48:19Z")

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Announcing Utilitas.jl Just some methods for Package management

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## [\[ANN\] InteractiveErrors.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-interactiveerrors-jl/58461)

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**Author:** [@mike](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mike)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-interactiveerrors-jl/58461 "2021-05-05T18:53:53Z")

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The new stacktrace printing in Julia 1.6 is great, but sometimes the amount of information printed can become a bit overwhelming and difficult to navigate so I’ve packaged up some code I’ve had locally for a little while…

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## [Releasing Version 1.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/releasing-version-1-0/60521)

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**Author:** [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/releasing-version-1-0/60521 "2021-05-05T08:24:37Z")

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There were some discussions about when is the right time to release a version 1.0 of any package. Releasing 1.0 of DataFrames resulted not in a article on the german number one IT news site: Data Science: DataFrames.jl…

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## [RFC: JuliaTutor.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-juliatutor-jl/43335)

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**Author:** [@anon92994695](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon92994695)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-juliatutor-jl/43335 "2021-05-03T14:44:30Z")

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Hey all I tried kicking off some of the bones of a SWIRL like package in Julia. Basically you get someone totally new to julia to download a package which hand holds them through various lessons. So they can learn inte…

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