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Share your learning starting trouble experience of Matlab.. Looking forward for more answers..
Helllo all
I write The MATLAB Blog and have covered various enhancements to MATLAB's ODE capabilities over the last couple of years. Here are a few such posts
- The new solution framework for Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) in MATLAB R2023b
- Faster Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) solvers and Sensitivity Analysis of Parameters: Introducing SUNDIALS support in MATLAB
- Solving Higher-Order ODEs in MATLAB
- Function handles are faster in MATLAB R2023a (Faster function handles led to faster ode45 and friends)
- Understanding Tolerances in Ordinary Differential Equation Solvers
Everyone in this community has deeply engaged with all of these posts and given me lots of ideas for future enhancements which I've dutifully added to our internal enhancment request database.
Because I've asked for so much in this area, I was recently asked if there's anything else we should consider in the area of ODEs. Since all my best ideas come from all of you, I'm asking here....
So. If you could ask for new and improved functionality for solving ODEs with MATLAB, what would it be and (ideally) why?
Cheers,
Mike
Yesterday I had an urgent service call for MatLab tech support. The Mathworks technician on call, Ivy Ngyuen, helped fix the problem. She was very patient and I truly appreciate her efforts, which resolved the issue. Thank you.
Check out how these charts were made with polar axes in the Graphics and App Building blog's latest article "Polar plots with patches and surface".
Nine new Image Processing courses plus one new learning path are now available as part of the Online Training Suite. These courses replace the content covered in the self-paced course Image Processing with MATLAB, which sunsets in 2026.
New courses include:
- Work with Image Data Types
- Image Registration
- Edge, Circle, and Line Detection
- Manage and Process Multiple Images
The new learning path Image Segmentation and Analysis in MATLAB earns users the digital credential Image Segmentation in MATLAB and contains the following courses:
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In 2019, I wrote a MATLAB Central blog post called "The tool builder's gene (or how to get a job at MathWorks)." In it, I explained my personal theory of a characteristic of some engineers that is key for becoming successful software developers at MathWorks.
I just shared this essay on my personal blog, along with a couple of updates.
This topic is for discussing highlights to the current R2025a Pre-release.
Apparently, the back end here is running 2025b, hovering over the Run button and the Executing In popup both show R2024a.
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I just noticed that MATLAB R2025b is available. I am a bit surprised, as I never got notification of the beta test for it.
This topic is for highlights and experiences with R2025b.
“Hello, I am Subha & I’m part of the organizing/mentoring team for NASA Space Apps Challenge Virudhunagar 2025 🚀. We’re looking for collaborators/mentors with ML and MATLAB expertise to help our student teams bring their space solutions to life. Would you be open to guiding us, even briefly? Your support could impact students tackling real NASA challenges. 🌍✨”
In our large open-source MATLAB Central community, there are many long-term excellent user groups. I really want to know why you have been using MATLAB for a long time, and what are its absolute advantages?
I have been using MATLAB for a long time, and there are several reasons for that:
- Fast ramp-up in unfamiliar domains: When I explore an unfamiliar application area or a new topic, MATLAB helps me quickly locate the canonical methods and example workflows. Its comprehensive, professional documentation — along with the related-topic links typically provided at the end of each page — makes it easy to get started intuitively and saves a lot of time that would otherwise be spent hunting for foundational knowledge across the web.
- A relatively cutting-edge yet reliable technical path: MATLAB’s many toolboxes evolve with the field. While updates aren’t always absolutely bleeding-edge, they generally offer approaches that balance modernity and proven reliability. This reduces the risk of wasting time on obscure or unstable algorithms and helps me follow a pragmatic, well-tested technical direction.
- Strong community and technical support: When I encounter a problem I first post on forums like MATLAB Answers and thoroughly investigate the issue myself. If I find a solution, I publish it to contribute back — which deepens my own understanding and helps others. If I can’t solve it alone, experienced community members often respond within hours. As a last resort, MathWorks’ official support is available and typically conducts an in-depth investigation into specific cases to help resolve the issue.
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Also, most individuals have limited time and technical bandwidth, diving deeply into a single, narrow area can be hard to pull back from unless you are committed to that specific direction. For cutting‑edge, highly specialized research it’s often necessary to combine MATLAB with other languages (e.g., Python, C/C++) to go further.
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I just wanted here to share a link to some .gif animations I created over the years with Matlab :-)
I think gif animations are great supports for scientific diffusion.
I can not understand why Plot Browser was taken away in latest Matlab... I use Plot Browser all of the time! Having to find and click the particular line I want in a plot with a lot of lines is way less convenient than just selecting it in the Plot Browser. Also, being able to quickly hide/show multiple lines at once with the plot browser was so helpful in a lot of cases. Please bring Plot Browser back!!!! Please reply with support for this if you feel the same as I do!
I don't like the change
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I really don't like the change
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I'm okay with the change
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I love the change
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I'm indifferent
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I want both the web & help browser
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In the latest Graphics and App Building blog article, documentation writer Jasmine Poppick modernized a figure-based bridge analysis app by replacing uicontrol with new UI components and uifigure, resulting in cleaner code, better layouts, and expanded functionality in R2025a.
https://blogs.mathworks.com/graphics-and-apps/2025/08/19/__from-uicontrol-to-ui-components
This article covers the following topics:
Why and when to move from uicontrol and figure to modern UI components and uifigure.
How to replace uicontrol objects with equivalent UI component functions (uicheckbox, uidropdown, uispinner, etc.).
How to update callback code to match new component properties and behaviors.
How to adopt new UI component types (like spinners) to simplify validation and improve usability.
How to configure existing components with modern options (sortable tables, auto-fitting columns, editable data).
How to apply visual styling with uistyle and addStyle to make apps more user-friendly.
How to use uigridlayout to create flexible, adaptive layouts instead of manually managing positions.
The benefits of switching from figure to uifigure for app-building workflows.
A full before-and-after example of modernizing an existing app with incremental, practical updates.
There is a communication regarding "How can I set the text font style of a Data Cursor object interactively on a plot?". But I am not clear on the answer found in this link:
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/95968-how-can-i-set-the-text-font-style-of-a-data-cursor-object
I do not know how and where to put the recommended commands. Would you please clarfity and give me more details?
Thank you.
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