# Virtual Plant Lab

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## [Why is Julia meant for FSPM?](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/why-is-julia-meant-for-fspm/175)

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**Author:** [@AlejandroMorales](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/AlejandroMorales)\
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**Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/why-is-julia-meant-for-fspm/175 "2023-11-14T18:13:30Z")

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Many of you must have heard of the Julia programming language by now, perhaps from me or @rvezy or someone else, but may be wondering was is all the fuss about. There is plenty of material online that can explain the det…

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## [About the Virtual Plant Lab category](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/about-the-virtual-plant-lab-category/15)

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**Author:** [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\
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The Virtual Plant Lab (VPL) is a collection of software packages in the Julia programming language with the aim of developing, simulating and visualizing functional-structural plant models. All the packages in VPL are wr…

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## [VPL workshops on Youtube](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/vpl-workshops-on-youtube/232)

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**Author:** [@AlejandroMorales](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/AlejandroMorales)\
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**Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/vpl-workshops-on-youtube/232 "2023-11-11T12:23:52Z")

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To anyone interested, there is a Youtube channel associated to the Virtual Plant Lab: https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualPlantLab. It covers the latest iteration of the software, which is now officially registered in Julia …