By: Dr. Jeff Bezanson

Re-posted from: https://info.juliahub.com/blog/new-ways-to-compile-julia-blog

At JuliaCon Local in Eindhoven in December 2023, Jeff Bezanson, co-creator of Julia and co-founder of JuliaHub, presented a talk on the state of Julia binaries and the goal to generate smaller ones. A common request by developers in the Julia developer survey is the ability to produce smaller, self-contained binaries. In the Eindhoven talk, Jeff shared a graph showing the progression of binary sizes generated by PackageCompiler.jl. There has been significant progress since then, and the latest update shows a huge drop in size, thanks to the trimming mechanism.

By: Dr. Christopher Rackauckas

Re-posted from: https://info.juliahub.com/blog/juliasim-redefining-model-based-engineering

Model-Based Engineering (MBE) has long been fundamental and integral to product development. However, traditional tools often fall short in meeting the demands of modern engineering challenges.  Many tools focus entirely on providing an easy to use graphical environment but don’t take into account the need to version control the work products, trigger CI/CD pipelines and deploy the analysis capabilities into the field.  JuliaSim has been designed as a response to this dilemma to bridge the gap between GUI, code and deployment. It offers a unique platform that combines the intuitiveness of graphical modeling with the flexibility of code based development while offering the ability to completely automate the process of deployment, analysis and code generation.