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Awesome, thanks for sharing! Here are some other resources to learn Haskell: 1. Learn You a Haskell for Great Good - http://learnyouahaskell.com/ http://learn

by dpflan 10y ago

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Here are some other resources to learn Haskell: 1. Learn You a Haskell for Great Good - http://learnyouahaskell.com/ http://learnyouahaskell.com/ - can read the text for free online 2. UVa Student Taught Haskell Course - http://shuklan.com/haskell/ http://shuklan.com/haskell/ 3. Learning Haskell - http://learn.hfm.io/ http://learn.hfm.io/ 4. Haskell Programming - http://haskellbook.com/ http://haskellbook.com/ A question for the author - did you review the other learning materials (i.e. competition or maybe complement(s)) and find discrepancies that made you want to create a better learning resource or were you primarily motivated by how awesome of an experience you had learning Haskell and the desire to share that with others?

Zuikaku 10y ago
Haskell was the first language taught to us in my university course. Literally within the first week. Everybody was new to it. Our lecturer highly recommended Learn You A Haskell on the first day, and it's still one of the best docs/guides I've read in a while.
- jonahx 10y ago
  that's refreshing... what university was this?
  - mbrock 10y ago
    They do it like that at Chalmers and Gothenburg University, at least.
  - Joof 10y ago
    University of Texas used to do this. They still might. Djikstra wrote a bit of a letter about it once.
xwowsersx 10y ago
Yeah, I’ve read/reviewed most of them. I could give long opinions on each, but overall I would say that I wanted an easy way to get into the language by building instead of endlessly going over all of the intricacies of the language. There is a time for that, but I’d argue it’s after you get in, get the basics, and start playing. I almost called this a “crash course in Haskell” but I didn’t like what “crash” connotes. I just really want to get people into the practicalities of what’s important as quickly as possible.
- cies 10y ago
  While I really like the course from what I see, I also think that Haskell is not a good subject for a "crash course". In the Learn Haskell From First Principles book[1] it is given why a "crash course" Haskell is not working for many, and I second it. Non the less, the more options the better. And of course I do not know how you do your course. Naturally I wish you best of luck: that your students may succeed in mastering the subject :) [1] http://haskellbook.com http://haskellbook.com
  - xwowsersx 10y ago
    I agree, and that's why we didn't go with "crash course." There's a certain amount of stuff you simply have to work through and know in order to use Haskell, for sure. This course isn't mutually exclusive to something like Haskell Book. The intention is to provide a comprehensive overview so you can quickly get up to speed, have a sense for what real world programming in Haskell looks like and gain a familiarity with the basic concepts that are used over and over. If, after that, you're motivated to go through a 1000 page book, that will serve you well.
  - posterboy 10y ago
    >the more options the better Not true, with infinite options there are infinite bad options.
    - hellofunk 10y ago
      And also infinite good options.
      - posterboy 10y ago
        so? Even the claim of unlimited options takes us more time to argue about then looking at the initially claimed option warrants.
        hellofunk 10y ago
0xmohit 10y ago
A partial list of interesting talks on Haskell are available at https://github.com/0xmohit/talks https://github.com/0xmohit/talks

by dpflan 10y ago

Zuikaku 10y ago

Haskell was the first language taught to us in my university course. Literally within the first week. Everybody was new to it. Our lecturer highly recommended Learn You A Haskell on the first day, and it's still one of the best docs/guides I've read in a while.

jonahx 10y ago
that's refreshing... what university was this?
- mbrock 10y ago
  They do it like that at Chalmers and Gothenburg University, at least.
- Joof 10y ago
  University of Texas used to do this. They still might. Djikstra wrote a bit of a letter about it once.

xwowsersx 10y ago

Yeah, I’ve read/reviewed most of them. I could give long opinions on each, but overall I would say that I wanted an easy way to get into the language by building instead of endlessly going over all of the intricacies of the language. There is a time for that, but I’d argue it’s after you get in, get the basics, and start playing. I almost called this a “crash course in Haskell” but I didn’t like what “crash” connotes. I just really want to get people into the practicalities of what’s important as quickly as possible.

cies 10y ago
While I really like the course from what I see, I also think that Haskell is not a good subject for a "crash course". In the Learn Haskell From First Principles book[1] it is given why a "crash course" Haskell is not working for many, and I second it. Non the less, the more options the better. And of course I do not know how you do your course. Naturally I wish you best of luck: that your students may succeed in mastering the subject :) [1] http://haskellbook.com http://haskellbook.com
- xwowsersx 10y ago
  I agree, and that's why we didn't go with "crash course." There's a certain amount of stuff you simply have to work through and know in order to use Haskell, for sure. This course isn't mutually exclusive to something like Haskell Book. The intention is to provide a comprehensive overview so you can quickly get up to speed, have a sense for what real world programming in Haskell looks like and gain a familiarity with the basic concepts that are used over and over. If, after that, you're motivated to go through a 1000 page book, that will serve you well.
- posterboy 10y ago
  >the more options the better Not true, with infinite options there are infinite bad options.
  - hellofunk 10y ago
    And also infinite good options.
    - posterboy 10y ago
      so? Even the claim of unlimited options takes us more time to argue about then looking at the initially claimed option warrants.
      - hellofunk 10y ago

0xmohit 10y ago

A partial list of interesting talks on Haskell are available at https://github.com/0xmohit/talks https://github.com/0xmohit/talks