{"id":17036,"date":"2025-10-15T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=17036"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:37:51","slug":"jokes-in-matlab-learn-about-contributing-to-a-matlab-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2025\/10\/15\/jokes-in-matlab-learn-about-contributing-to-a-matlab-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokes in MATLAB: Learn about contributing to a MATLAB toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike<\/a>'s pick this week is Jokes in MATLAB<\/a> by Gareth Thomas<\/a><\/div>\n
The Jokes in MATLAB toolbox provides you with a joke()<\/span> function<\/div>\n
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joke()<\/span><\/div>\n
Why did the software engineer stay cool under pressure? Because he had excellent exception handling.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
You can also ask for a joke in a range of languages<\/div>\n
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joke(language=\"portuguese\")<\/span><\/div>\n
Porque \u00e9 que o ficheiro .zip foi de f\u00e9rias?Para descomprimir.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
There's also a simple app which you can find by clicking on Apps -> My Apps -> jokeApp inside MATLAB<\/div>\n
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Learning about MATLAB development through jokes<\/h2>\n
Although this is fun, the main reason why I like Jokes in MATLAB<\/a> is that it was designed as an exercise in how to develop and deliver a MATLAB toolbox. As Gareth describes in this LinkedIn post<\/a>, he was able to start from scratch to having a toolbox on File Exchange and available from the MATLAB Add-ons Panel in around 90 minutes. There were some lessons for us, MathWorks, as well as for you, the developer of a new toolbox. Some of these lessons included:-<\/div>\n