# "Quantitative Economics with Julia" lecture notes updated to Julia 1.6, VS Code, and GitHub Actions

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**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956 "2021-09-09T20:25:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlperla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jlperla/32/34332_2.png) [@jlperla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlperla)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956/1 "2021-09-09T20:25:27Z")

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The [Quantitative Economics with Julia](https://julia.quantecon.org/) lectures have been given a significant update.

Beyond infrastructure updates, the lecture notes now more strongly emphasize software engineering concepts, such [source code control and collaboration](https://julia.quantecon.org/software_engineering/version_control.html) and [test-driven development and continuous integration](https://julia.quantecon.org/software_engineering/testing.html). We see these as essential steps towards **reproducible research** , and the skills are transferable across programming languages.

Some of the key changes:

- Source code and [Jupyter Notebooks](https://github.com/QuantEcon/lecture-julia.notebooks) fully support Julia 1.6, and will soon support Julia 1.7 after its release.
- A significant revamp of the [setup process](https://julia.quantecon.org/getting_started_julia/getting_started.html) now focuses on an early introduction of Git, GitHub and VS Code.
- The lecture on [Julia Tools and Editors](https://julia.quantecon.org/software_engineering/tools_editors.html) lecture has moved to VS Code and provides additional workflows in support of the Git and GitHub.
- The [GitHub, Version Control, and Collaboration](https://julia.quantecon.org/software_engineering/version_control.html) lecture shows workflows for collaboration within VS Code and GitHub.
- All content in the [Packages, Testing, and Continuous Integration](https://julia.quantecon.org/software_engineering/testing.html) lecture now uses GitHub Actions as the continuous integration framework, and shows the VS Code workflows required for **reproducible research** and collaboration.
- The lectures are now using [Jupyter Book](https://jupyterbook.org/). Among other things, the move to the markdown format makes open-source contributions and bug fixes [even easier](https://github.com/QuantEcon/lecture-julia.myst#local-development).

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**Author:** ![amrods](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amrods/32/2543_2.png) [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956/2 "2021-09-09T21:15:56Z")

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Great to see improvements to the Julia side!  
Is it possible to download all the lectures in a single PDF as before? Right now clicking on “Download PDF” at the top right only downloads the table of contents.

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**Author:** ![jlperla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jlperla/32/34332_2.png) [@jlperla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlperla)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956/3 "2021-09-09T21:27:11Z")

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Thanks! Alas, not implemented yet, but hopefully coming down the road.

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956/4 "2021-09-10T03:11:45Z")

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What a treasure, that entire book!

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**Author:** ![AMJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amj/32/214096_2.png) [@AMJ](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AMJ)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956/5 "2021-09-10T10:36:28Z")

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Congratulations, exceptional work.

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**Author:** ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quantitative-economics-with-julia-lecture-notes-updated-to-julia-1-6-vs-code-and-github-actions/67956/6 "2021-09-15T17:51:58Z")

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@jlperla, wonderful job. Congrats.