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What would you recommend?

dvlsg 8y ago
I'm not OP and it's not haskell, but fsharpforfunandprofit.com really clicked for me, personally.
naraic0o 8y ago
the spring 2013 edition of cis194[0] seems to be the most commonly recommended from previous threads here. due to its popularity a quick web search leads to a lot of secondary learning resources if you get stuck. i'm currently most of the way through it and it's been well presented and nicely challenging. [0]http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html
wmfiv 8y ago
Another entry in the not Haskell category, Functional Programming in Scala is outstanding.
- sulam 8y ago
  Yes, this book is one I recommend to anyone who wants to really understand functional programming. Admittedly it's not Haskell, but it's the book I wished I'd had back when I first learn FP (and Scala).
  - ChristianGeek 8y ago
    It lost me about 2/3 in when it got to monads.
    - acjohnson55 8y ago
      That's OK. You've already learned more than enough. My life in Scala was just fine once I understood that a monad was just a data type that admitted a flatmap operation.
undseg 8y ago
found this[1] to be a great introductory course. Might want to have dipped into functional concepts beforehand, though. Fairly sure it was recommended in here in the past and that's how I came to know it, can't give credit because I sadly don't remember. [1]https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html
almostdeadguy 8y ago
Easily the best one IMO: http://haskellbook.com/ http://haskellbook.com/ . Unlike LYAH it covers stuff that is actually important to writing real haskell programs like testing code, managing effects via monad transformers, etc. Also this is one of the best references while you're learning (not good as a tutorial, but chock full of invaluable resources): http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ . TBH I wish every language had an equivalent of this guide.
djur 8y ago
Haskell Programming From First Principles is costly but extremely good: http://haskellbook.com/ http://haskellbook.com/ The beginner material in the Haskell WikiBook is pretty solid: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell
acjohnson55 8y ago
Real World OCaml is great. While not purely functional, I also recommend JacaScript Allongé. Both are free online!
nilkn 8y ago
I learned Haskell from the "Gentle Introduction" (which isn't so gentle), then writing programs, reading documentation, and reading online discussions and threads. https://www.haskell.org/tutorial/ https://www.haskell.org/tutorial/
js8 8y ago
I would start with Haskell Programming from first principles, as it is recommended by many and it looks good (I have to admit I started with LYAH but content-wise, HPFFP is much better). I also recommend reading these web documents as a supplement: http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ https://wiki.haskell.org/All_About_Monads https://wiki.haskell.org/All_About_Monads https://wiki.haskell.org/Typeclassopedia https://wiki.haskell.org/Typeclassopedia https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2017/09/all-about-strictness https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2017/09/all-about-strictness I am now reading Haskell High Performance Programming (https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/haskell-high-performance-programming https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/haskell-hig...), and while the book is more intermediate (it assumes that you can find the documentation and read the Haskell code yourself), I think it is a good overview of how to use modern Haskell in real projects.

I'm not OP and it's not haskell, but fsharpforfunandprofit.com really clicked for me, personally.

the spring 2013 edition of cis194[0] seems to be the most commonly recommended from previous threads here. due to its popularity a quick web search leads to a lot of secondary learning resources if you get stuck. i'm currently most of the way through it and it's been well presented and nicely challenging. [0]http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html

wmfiv 8y ago

Another entry in the not Haskell category, Functional Programming in Scala is outstanding.

sulam 8y ago
Yes, this book is one I recommend to anyone who wants to really understand functional programming. Admittedly it's not Haskell, but it's the book I wished I'd had back when I first learn FP (and Scala).
- ChristianGeek 8y ago
  It lost me about 2/3 in when it got to monads.
  - acjohnson55 8y ago
    That's OK. You've already learned more than enough. My life in Scala was just fine once I understood that a monad was just a data type that admitted a flatmap operation.

undseg 8y ago

found this[1] to be a great introductory course. Might want to have dipped into functional concepts beforehand, though. Fairly sure it was recommended in here in the past and that's how I came to know it, can't give credit because I sadly don't remember. [1]https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/spring13/lectures.html

almostdeadguy 8y ago

Easily the best one IMO: http://haskellbook.com/ http://haskellbook.com/ . Unlike LYAH it covers stuff that is actually important to writing real haskell programs like testing code, managing effects via monad transformers, etc. Also this is one of the best references while you're learning (not good as a tutorial, but chock full of invaluable resources): http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ . TBH I wish every language had an equivalent of this guide.

djur 8y ago

Haskell Programming From First Principles is costly but extremely good: http://haskellbook.com/ http://haskellbook.com/ The beginner material in the Haskell WikiBook is pretty solid: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell

acjohnson55 8y ago

Real World OCaml is great. While not purely functional, I also recommend JacaScript Allongé. Both are free online!

nilkn 8y ago

I learned Haskell from the "Gentle Introduction" (which isn't so gentle), then writing programs, reading documentation, and reading online discussions and threads. https://www.haskell.org/tutorial/ https://www.haskell.org/tutorial/

js8 8y ago

I would start with Haskell Programming from first principles, as it is recommended by many and it looks good (I have to admit I started with LYAH but content-wise, HPFFP is much better). I also recommend reading these web documents as a supplement: http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ https://wiki.haskell.org/All_About_Monads https://wiki.haskell.org/All_About_Monads https://wiki.haskell.org/Typeclassopedia https://wiki.haskell.org/Typeclassopedia https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2017/09/all-about-strictness https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2017/09/all-about-strictness I am now reading Haskell High Performance Programming (https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/haskell-high-performance-programming https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/haskell-hig...), and while the book is more intermediate (it assumes that you can find the documentation and read the Haskell code yourself), I think it is a good overview of how to use modern Haskell in real projects.