What is Matlab and what is it used for?

I am about to embark on a journey of knowledge and learning, to elaborate I will learn the basics of Matlab or at least as mush as I can squeeze in, in a month, I will also discover what is it used for, and I will document my process and acquired knowledge throughout this blog.

First things first, what is Matlab?

Matlab is a multi-paradigm programming language that allows for matrix manipulation, plotting of functions, implementation of algorithms, creation of interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages. Basically you can do in Matlab what you can do in any other programming language the difference is that Matlab is more number based, and makes more emphasize on Math itself.

Now that I know what Matlab is and what is it used for I can now create my own account so I have access to Matlab and I can I use it freely. At least for a month.

I can't show you the creating an account process but I will show you how Matlab's interface looks like.

Now for the fun part. Learning!!

Im going to be using the following Matlab tutorial for beginners course on youtube:  Matlab Tutorial

As I follow along the tutorial I will be showing you my progress, as such:

The command window is the place where ill be interacting with the Matlab software, you give the software some input and then it gives you an output after being processed in the Matlab software, here is where we will insert certain commands, such as the previous image where I do some meaningless calculations.