Stephen Wolfram's Introduction to the Wolfram Language

Stephen Wolfram introduces the Wolfram Language in this video that shows how the symbolic programming language enables powerful functional programming, querying of large databases, flexible interactivity, easy deployment, and much, much more.

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Core Language & Structure

• Language Overview
• Lists
• Expressions
• Associations
• Variables & Functions
• Rules & Patterns

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• Functional Programming
• Procedural Programming
• String Manipulation

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• Parallel Programming
• External Operations
• Package Development
• Tuning & Debugging

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• Knowledge Representation & Access
• Wolfram Language Syntax
• Free-Form & External Input

Data Manipulation & Analysis

• Importing & Exporting
• Array Manipulation
• Structured Datasets
• Data Visualization
• Report Generation

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• Statistical Data Analysis
• Machine Learning

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• Database Access
• Built-in Computable Data
• WDF (Wolfram Data Framework)

Visualization & Graphics

• Data Visualization
• Function Visualization
• Charts & Information Visualization
• Geographic Visualization
• Dynamic Visualization

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• Options & Styling
• Interactivity & Drawing
• Symbolic Graphics Language
• Importing & Exporting

Symbolic & Numeric Computation

• Mathematical Functions
• Numbers & Precision
• Matrices & Linear Algebra

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• Formula Manipulation
• Equation Solving
• Calculus
• Optimization

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• Probability & Statistics
• Discrete Math
• Boolean Computation

Strings & Text

• String Manipulation
• Working with Templates
• Free-Form & External Input
• Importing & Exporting

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• Sequence Analysis
• Processing Textual Data
• Linguistic Data

Graphs & Networks

• Graphs & Networks Overview

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• Graph Construction & Representation
• Graph Visualization
• Graph Properties & Measurements
• Computations on Graphs

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• Social Network Analysis

Images

• Image Computation Overview

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• Basic Image Manipulation
• Image Filtering
• Image Segmentation
• Image Restoration
• Alignment & Registration
• Morphological Analysis
• Image Recognition

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• 3D Images
• Importing & Exporting Images
• Color-Related Computation

Geometry

• Geometric Computation Overview

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• Plane Geometry
• Solid Geometry

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• Special Geometric Regions
• Mesh Regions
• Derived Regions

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• Geometric Properties
• Geometric Solvers
• Geometric Transformations

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• Importing & Exporting Geometry
• 3D Printing

Sound

• Sound Generation
• Signal Processing
• Importing & Exporting Sound

Time-Related Computation

• Dates & Times
• Astronomical Computation
• Time Series
• Signal Processing

Geographic Data & Computation

• Maps & Cartography
• Geographic Data & Entities
• Geodetic Computation
• Importing & Exporting
• Socioeconomic Data
• Weather Data

Scientific and Medical Data & Computation

• Physics & Chemistry
• Astronomical Science
• Earth Sciences
• Life Sciences & Medicine
• Social Sciences

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• Scientific Models
• Computational Systems & NKS
• Scientific Data Analysis

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• Units & Measures
• Connected Devices

Engineering Data & Computation

• Engineering Data

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• Signal Processing
• Image Processing

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• Control Systems
• Systems Modeling
• Reliability Analysis

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• Units & Measures

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• Connected Devices
• Embedded Computing

Financial Data & Computation

• Financial Data
• Financial Computations
• Financial Visualization

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• Actuarial Computation
• Socioeconomic Data

Social, Cultural, & Linguistic Data

• Socioeconomic & Demographic Data
• Education Data
• Transportation Data

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• Cultural Data
• People & History

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• Linguistic Data

Higher Mathematical Computation

• Discrete Math
• Number Theory
• Group Theory
• Mathematical Data

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• Polynomial Algebra
• Linear Algebra
• Tensor Algebra
• Logic & Boolean Algebra

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• Real & Complex Analysis
• Discrete Calculus
• Iterated Maps & Fractals

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• Probability Theory
• Random Processes

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• Theorem Proving

Documents & Presentation

• Notebook Documents
• Formatting & Styling
• Layout & Tables
• Dynamic Presentations

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• Mathematical Typesetting
• Special Characters

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• Document Generation
• Notebook Programming
• Web Import & Export

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• Internationalization
• Accessibility

User Interface Construction

• Interactive Manipulation
• Viewers & Annotation
• Control Objects
• Form Building

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• Generalized Input
• Dynamic Interactivity Language
• Custom Interface Construction
• Web Interfaces

System Operation & Setup

• Interactive Sessions
• Notebook Interface

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• Standalone Kernels
• Background & Scheduled Tasks

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• GPU Computing
• Parallel Computing
• Wolfram|Alpha Integration

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• System Setup

External Interfaces & Connections

• Files
• Web
• Programs
• Languages
• Templating

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• Connected Devices
• Services & APIs
• Mail, Messages, etc.

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• Databases
• Data Import & Export
• WolframLink

Cloud & Deployment

• Cloud Functions
• Web Operations

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• Instant APIs
• Form & App Creation
• Sharing & Embedding

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• Scheduled Tasks
• Embedded Computing

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