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index.qmd

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 We will use Julia v1.10 in the summer school. We recommend using [Juliaup](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup) to install and manage Julia versions. Juliaup makes it trivial to upgrade to new Julia releases or even use old ones. Alternatively,  you can download the version appropriate for your setup from here: [Julia Programming Language](https://julialang.org/downloads/)
 
-## Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
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-We will use VS Code IDE, that is Julia : VS Code ~ R : RStudio. You can download the version appropriate for your setup from here: [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/download)
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 ## Quarto
 
 The web site and other documents for this course are rendered using a `knitr`-like system called Quarto. You can download the version appropriate for your setup from here: [quarto](https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/)
 
+## Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
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+An integrated development environment (IDE) makes editing and running Julia and Quarto source files easier.
+The "integrated development" portion is a clue to what makes them different than a text editor (even a text editor with syntax highlighting): they have tools for suggesting code completion, interacting with and running code and much more.  
+Popular ones for R and Python include RStudio and Spyder. For Julia, we recommend [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/download) or [Positron](https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/wiki#installing-positron). 
+VS Code is widely used in the Julia community, while Positron is a new fork of VS Code aimed at data scientists and developed by the Posit, the folks behind RStudio and Quarto.
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+Whatever IDE you use, make sure to install the necessary extensions for Quarto and Julia. 
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 # Summary
 
 We assume everybody will succeed with the installations. If not, please get in touch!