<p>Hello, I will start university soon. There I will have to learn some Matlab even though I won't take computer science. Do you guys know of any good texts that can get me started on Matlab now?</p>
<p>PS: I've never programmed before.</p>
<p>In addition to the OP's question, where can we get Matlab for free on internet? I'm trying to learn it before I actually attend my university but can't find it anywhere.</p>
<p>You could bittorent it...</p>
<p>wouldn't it be more worth while to learn programming first? </p>
<p>I heard this book is good.
<a href="http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/%7Egerry/nmm/prenhallLargeBookCover.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~gerry/nmm/prenhallLargeBookCover.jpg</a></p>
<p>I like A Guide to MATLAB for Beginners and Experienced Users, 2nd ed, by Hunt, Lipsman, and Rosenberg. The Internet also has some good tutorials.</p>
<p>i'd learn to program first instead, unless you abohr it ofc, and just have to learn matlab because you.. well.. have to.
i took a course in python last semester, and learning matlab after that was rather cakewalk..</p>
<p>If you are an engineer, you will most likely take a class or two that uses MATLAB and will be able to learn it that way. Also, at my school "MATLAB" isn't really considered a true programming language by the Compsci majors and therefore, I don't even think they learn it.</p>
<p>Anyway, MATLAB is pretty easy to learn and you can learn it now if you have free time but typically your coursework will cover it. Learning C/C++ would be more useful.</p>
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<p>I'd be careful with that. The companies that make academic and engineering programs typically have well-staffed and well-funded anti-piracy squads. They will prosecute you without mercy if they find you illegally using their stuff...</p>
<p>I hear that they beat you with your own shoes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers guys. I really don't even want to learn how to program. I just have to learn Matlab as far as I know.
(My passion is science, not programming.)</p>
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I'd be careful with that. The companies that make academic and engineering programs typically have well-staffed and well-funded anti-piracy squads. They will prosecute you without mercy if they find you illegally using their stuff...</p>
<p>I hear that they beat you with your own shoes.
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<p>Please...if you know what you are doing you will never be caught.</p>
<p>I have never paid a cent for any of my programs.</p>
<p>Matlab IS programming.</p>
<p>ken285: The point is that it is Matlab I want to learn. Not first programming then Matlab...</p>
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<p>Being married to a composer means I'm admittedly a little irritable about copyright violations. Being caught or not, stealing software is wrong, and the more expensive the software that you steal, the closer you get to felony theft. You make your own choices, but what you're doing is illegal.</p>
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<p>Same difference. Matlab is programming. Matlab programming is essentially C++. If you learn C++, you'll breeze through Matlab programming.</p>
<p>maybe he only wants to learn basic matlab stuff. Like solving matrixes.</p>
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maybe he only wants to learn basic matlab stuff. Like solving matrixes.
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<p>Do a Google search for "basic matlab commands". The first link I see is one from University of Michigan and teaches how to phrase vectors and matrices and things, and that would help teach you the basics of Matlab, and "free internet source" is certainly less expensive than "price of a book".</p>
<p>Beyond that, it's probably best to just wait 'til you get to the class. They will teach you what you need to know. There are plenty of engineering students who start out never having programmed before, and who've never been exposed to Matlab, and the course instructors are cognizant of this. No need to fill your last summer before college with actual learning! ;)</p>
<p>This is the best book I found for those who never use Matlab before: </p>
<p>MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications (Paperback)</p>
<p>Read the review to see whether its worth your time or not:
Amazon.com:</a> MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications: Amos Gilat: Books</p>
<p>Thanks ele902, that one looks great! But I can't find any torrents containing it, I've searched alot.:( You wouldn't know any other ways of downloading it?</p>
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<p>A student version of Matlab is $99, available from the online store of Mathworks, the company that produces it. Some universities offer subsidies. Check with your university's IT department to see if any subsidies are available. Software piracy is illegal.</p>
<p>aibarr: I was talking about the book.... But thanks for the info, I'll be sure to get a liscenced version of Matlab.</p>
<p>In case you didn't know, it is also illegal to download books, haha.</p>