# Improving Speed for a Novice

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improving-speed-for-a-novice/10886
**Category:** Performance
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improving-speed-for-a-novice/10886 "2018-05-14T16:26:30Z")
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### Author: ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improving-speed-for-a-novice/10886/5 "2018-05-14T17:03:49Z")

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Just some helpful links to follow up on what @antoine-levitt suggested:

- How to quote your code on Discourse: [PSA: how to quote code with backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530)
- Performance tips from the manual: [https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/performance-tips/#@code\_warntype](https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/performance-tips/#@code_warntype)
- BenchmarkTools, for accurately measuring the performance of your code: [GitHub - JuliaCI/BenchmarkTools.jl: A benchmarking framework for the Julia language](https://github.com/JuliaCI/BenchmarkTools.jl)
- ProfileView, for visually identifying bottlenecks in code: [GitHub - timholy/ProfileView.jl: Visualization of Julia profiling data](https://github.com/timholy/ProfileView.jl)

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