Wolfram Language (Mathematica) Tutorial for Programers

This is a Wolfram Language tutorial for programers. You should have a basic familiarity with a programing language, such as any one of Python, JavaScript, Lisp, Ruby, PowerShell, Golang .

This tutorial does not teach you how to use Mathematica for calculus, or solving equations.

This tutorial focus on two aspects:

• Practical programing with WolframLang. For a highschool student, you'll have proficiency with WolframLang in a couple of days, learning all the basic operations common in other programing languages.
• But most importantly, this tutorial is written in a way to make you understand the principle of WolframLang and its symbolic pattern matching (term-rewriting system). For students, computer scientists, or experienced industrial programers.

The author have been programing WolframLang/Mathematica since 1992.

I recommend you read the following in order.

Print Version Number

• Print Version

Comment

• Comment

Print

• Print

String

• String

List Functions

• List Functions, Find Function

Show Function Doc

• Show Function Help

Arithmetic

• Arithmetic Basics
• Symbolic vs Numerical Result

List

• List
• Create List
• Position in List
• Get Element
• Add Element
• Delete Element
• Change Element
• Nested List, Tree, Array, Matrix
• Map f to List

Expression

• Expression

True and False

• True/False
• Equality Test
• Comparing Numbers

Conditional

• If Then Else
• Which, Switch

Variables

• Variable
• Local Variable

Loop and Iteration

• Create List
• Map f to List
• Iteration, Recursion
• Loop

Define Function

• Define Function
• Define Function by Pattern
• Function Doc String

Pattern Matching

• Pattern Matching

Principles of WolframLang

• Principles of Wolfram Language