# Julia First Steps (Not an advert, just a few links, pls dont block the post)

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-first-steps-not-an-advert-just-a-few-links-pls-dont-block-the-post/28922 "2019-09-18T22:22:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-first-steps-not-an-advert-just-a-few-links-pls-dont-block-the-post/28922/12 "2019-09-19T10:33:21Z")

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Previous threads trying to work with

> **[GitHub - dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code](https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code/)**
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> Contribute to dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code development by creating an account on GitHub.

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> [@Editing Constraints in the Picking Winners programs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/editing-constraints-in-the-picking-winners-programs/8336):
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> Hi there, I’m trying to edit one of the constraints in the code\_for\_Github.jl file as developed here [https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code](https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code) The program generates lineups of sports players to submit in daily fantasy sports contests. The contests have certain rules for how lineups are constructed, and I’d like to change how one of these rules was programmed in the code. The constraint in question was originally written for a contest in which the 8 skaters in a lineup had to pla…

> [@NEED HELP: Warnings/errors from "Pkg.add("GLPKMathProgInterface")](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-warnings-errors-from-pkg-add-glpkmathproginterface/8956):
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> I’m on a MacBook Pro running High Sierra. I’m trying to run the following code in Julia - [https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code](https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code) I download Julia, and enter the following commands: Pkg.add(“JuMP”) Pkg.add(“DataFrames”) and those run smoothly…but when I enter "Pkg.add(“GLPKMathProgInterface”) I get the following readout - can someone help me figure out how to do this properly? Thanks in advance!: julia\> Pkg.add(“GLPKMathProgInterface”) INFO: Installing GLPKMathProgInterface …

> [@Newbie question regarding opening files](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newbie-question-regarding-opening-files/7856):
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> I have no background with computer programming, but am a daily fantasy sports player. I recently came across a paper - “Picking Winners Using Integer Programming” by David Hunter, Juan Pablo Vielma, and Tauhid Zaman. Maybe I’m in over my head here, but I am trying to run their code - [https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code](https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code) I’ve successfully downloaded and run all of the required software, as instructed on the GitHub page. I downloaded the code in the zip file to my machine (I p…

> [@Editing Constraints in the Picking Winners programs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/editing-constraints-in-the-picking-winners-programs/8336):
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> Hi there, I’m trying to edit one of the constraints in the code\_for\_Github.jl file as developed here [https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code](https://github.com/dscotthunter/Fantasy-Hockey-IP-Code) The program generates lineups of sports players to submit in daily fantasy sports contests. The contests have certain rules for how lineups are constructed, and I’d like to change how one of these rules was programmed in the code. The constraint in question was originally written for a contest in which the 8 skaters in a lineup had to pla…

I have no clue what Fantasy Hockey is, but someone interested in it _and_ learning Julia could turn forking and updating this repository into a learning experience.

I would recommend the following:

1. fork the repository (as far as I can tell the license allows building on this code)

2. add a Project.toml file (see [https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/dev/creating-packages/](https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/dev/creating-packages/) )

3. separate runtime and library code

4. set up unit tests

5. integrate with Travis

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