R2014b (Version 8.4) - 2 Oct 2014De

R2014b (Version 8.4) - 2 Oct 2014
Desktop

Git and Subversion source control system integration through Current Folder browser, including syncing from Web-hosted repositories such as those on GitHub
Packaging of custom MATLAB toolboxes into a single, installable file
Dialog box for managing custom MATLAB toolboxes
Preference for controlling the initial working folder, with the option to start in the folder from your previous MATLAB session
Self-paced eLearning available from within MATLAB
Language and Programming

datetime, duration, and calendarDuration arrays for efficient computation, comparison, and formatted display of dates and times
Suggested corrections for syntax errors in the Command Window
py package for using Python functions and objects in MATLAB, and an engine interface for calling MATLAB from Python
matlab.wsdl.createWSDLClient function for accessing SOAP-based Web services
Workflow improvements when editing classdef files, including immediate impact on existing and new workspace variables
Mathematics

histcounts function for binning numeric data
triangulation functions nearestNeighbor and pointLocation for identifying the closest vertex and enclosing triangle or tetrahedron for specified point
Option for interpolating to 'next' and 'previous' neighbors with the interp1 function and griddedInterpolant class
Option for rounding numbers to a specified number of decimal or significant digits using the round function
boundary function and alphaShape class for creating a conforming boundary around a discrete set of points
cummin and cummax functions for computing cumulative minimum and maximum of an array
Reverse accumulation option for the cumsum, cummin, cummax, and cumprod functions
Median and mode calculations of categorical data
Data Import and Export

Faster data import from text files using Import Tool, and readtable and textscan functions
Import of data as categorical and datetime arrays using the readtable and textscan functions
Data import from text files and collections of text files that do not fit into memory with datastore
VideoReader performance improvements and ability to start reading from a specified time in the video
tcpclient function for reading and writing data from network connected devices and servers using socket-based connections
webread function for importing online data including JSON, CSV, and image data
Graphics

New look of MATLAB graphics with improved clarity and aesthetics
Improved infrastructure based on MATLAB objects
Rotatable axis tick labels
Automatic update of datetime and duration tick labels with plot function
histogram function for plotting histograms
animatedline function for creating line animations
Display of multilingual text and symbols
GUI Building

uitab and uitabgroup components for creating user interfaces with tabbed panels
Performance and Big Data

Big data analysis on your desktop that can scale to Hadoop with mapreduce
Improved performance for sorting categorical data with sort
See the Release Notes for details.