If you've really never had any functional programming experience and you are interested in haskell, I would recommend "Learn you a Haskell For Great Good" http:

If you've really never had any functional programming experience and you are interested in haskell, I would recommend "Learn you a Haskell For Great Good" http://learnyouahaskell.com/ http://learnyouahaskell.com/ It's a little bit silly, but it's a great bottom up tutorial of haskell and a lot of functional programming paradigms.