This chapter guides you through the download and installation process of all the necessary components of Julia. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

• Installing Julia
• Working with Julia's REPL
• Startup options and Julia scripts
• Packages
• Installing and working with IJulia
• Installing Juno
• Installing julia-vscode
• Installing Sublime-IJulia
• Other editors and IDEs
• How Julia works

By the end of this chapter, you will have a running Julia platform. Moreover, you will be able to work with Julia's shell as well as with editors or integrated development environments with a lot of built-in features to make development more comfortable.