MathWorks Release 2016a MATLAB and Simulink product families

MathWorks has introduced Release 2016a (R2016a) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. The release includes the MATLAB Live Editor, which offers the ability to write, run and modify code in a single interactive environment to accelerate exploratory analysis, and App Designer, an environment that simplifies the process of building MATLAB apps. It also includes a number of features in Simulink to help speed up model development and simulation, as well as updates and bug fixes to and all other products.

The Live Editor offers a different way to create, edit and run MATLAB code. Results and graphics are displayed together with the code that produced them in a single interactive environment, speeding up exploratory programming and analysis. Scientists and engineers can add formatted text, mathematical equations, images and hyperlinks to create an interactive narrative that can be shared with others.

App Designer provides an enhanced design environment and UI component set for building MATLAB apps. It integrates the two primary tasks of creating an interactive application — laying out the visual components and programming the behaviour of the app. The generated code is object oriented, which makes it easier to share data between the different elements of the app, while the compact structure makes it easy to understand and maintain.

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