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This portal points to places where you can go if you want to learn Haskell.
 
This portal points to places where you can go if you want to learn Haskell.
   
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The [[Introduction|Introduction to Haskell]] on the Haskell website tells you what Haskell gives you: substantially increased programmer productivity, shorter, clearer, and more maintainable code, fewer errors, higher reliability, a smaller semantic gap between the programmer and the language, shorter lead times. There is an old but still relevant paper about [http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/03/why-why-functional-programming-matters.html Why Functional Programming Matters] (PDF) by John Hughes. More recently, Sebastian Sylvan wrote an article about [[Why Haskell Matters]].
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The [[Introduction|Introduction to Haskell]] on the Haskell website tells you what Haskell gives you: substantially increased programmer productivity, shorter, clearer, and more maintainable code, fewer errors, higher reliability, a smaller semantic gap between the programmer and the language, shorter lead times. There is an old but still relevant paper about [http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.html Why Functional Programming Matters] (PDF) by John Hughes. More recently, Sebastian Sylvan wrote an article about [[Why Haskell Matters]].
   
 
There is also a [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Comparison table comparing Haskell to other functional languages]. Many questions about functional programming are answered by the [http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh//faq.html comp.lang.functional FAQ].
  
There is also a [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Comparison table comparing Haskell to other functional languages]. Many questions about functional programming are answered by the [http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh//faq.html comp.lang.functional FAQ].
   
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You can ask questions to members of the haskell community on maillists, IRC, or StackOverflow.
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You can ask questions to members of the Haskell community on mailing lists, IRC, or StackOverflow. We recommend installing the [http://www.haskell.org/platform/ Haskell Platform].
   
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== Training courses ==
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Short training courses aimed at existing programmers
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Here is an overview about Haskell implementations (for new, or non-expert users, we recommend starting with the [http://haskell.org/platform Haskell Platform]).
  
   
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* [http://www.well-typed.com/services_training On-site and public training courses] by Well-Typed (2-day intro, 2-day advanced, custom on-site courses)
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* [http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/subjects/FPR.html Software Engineering course on Functional Programming] at the University of Oxford (1-week course)
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* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/USCS Summerschool on Applied Functional Programming] at Utrecht University (2-week course)
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| Many language extensions; generated code is very fast. ''The most popular implementation.''
  
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| Fast compilation; used a lot for learning Haskell and rapid code development. See also [[WinHugs]].
  
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== Material for self-study ==
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Detailed information on the implementations can be found in a [[Implementations|separate article]].
  
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== Material ==
  
   
 
Below there are links to certain introductory material. If you want to dig deeper, see [[Books and tutorials]].
  
Below there are links to certain introductory material. If you want to dig deeper, see [[Books and tutorials]].
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* [http://ccfit.nsu.ru/~ikuznecov/doc/Haskell%20Tutorial%20for%20C%20Programmers/intro.html Haskell for C Programmers]
  
* [http://ccfit.nsu.ru/~ikuznecov/doc/Haskell%20Tutorial%20for%20C%20Programmers/intro.html Haskell for C Programmers]
 
* [http://learnyouahaskell.com/ Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!] Beautiful, illustrated Haskell tutorial for programmers with less of a functional programming background.
  
* [http://learnyouahaskell.com/ Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!] Beautiful, illustrated Haskell tutorial for programmers with less of a functional programming background.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2672EBC57C1F5F9B Learning Haskell] Ongoing tutorial in the form of youtube videos; updates slowly.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2672EBC57C1F5F9B Learning Haskell] Ongoing tutorial in the form of YouTube videos; updates slowly.
   
 
=== Advanced tutorials ===
  
=== Advanced tutorials ===
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* [[Hitchhikers guide to Haskell]]
  
* [[Hitchhikers guide to Haskell]]
 
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Write_Yourself_a_Scheme_in_48_Hours Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours]
  
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Write_Yourself_a_Scheme_in_48_Hours Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours]
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* [http://research.microsoft.com/Users/simonpj/papers/marktoberdorf/ Tackling the Awkward Squad] (on I/O, interfacing to C, concurrency and exceptions)
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* [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/marktoberdorf/ Tackling the Awkward Squad] (on I/O, interfacing to C, concurrency and exceptions)
   
 
=== Debugging/profiling/optimization ===
  
=== Debugging/profiling/optimization ===
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=== Monads ===
  
=== Monads ===
   
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* [http://sigfpe.blogspot.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)]
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* [http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)]
 
* [http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/marktoberdorf/baastad.pdf Monads for Functional Programming]
  
* [http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/marktoberdorf/baastad.pdf Monads for Functional Programming]
 
* [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/All_About_Monads All about monads]
  
* [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/All_About_Monads All about monads]
 
* [[IO inside|IO inside: down the Rabbit Hole]]
  
* [[IO inside|IO inside: down the Rabbit Hole]]
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* [http://spbhug.folding-maps.org/wiki/MonadsEn Monads]
  
   
 
=== Type classes ===
  
=== Type classes ===
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=== Generic programming ===
  
=== Generic programming ===
   
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* [[Scrap your boilerplate]]
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* [Dead link; [http://replay.web.archive.org/20090207090211/http://www.cs.vu.nl/boilerplate/ IA backup]] [http://www.cs.vu.nl/boilerplate/#papers Scrap your boilerplate]
  
   
 
=== Popular libraries ===
  
=== Popular libraries ===
   
 
* ByteStrings?
  
* ByteStrings?
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* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/daan/download/parsec/parsec.html Parsec, a fast combinator parser]
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* [http://legacy.cs.uu.nl/daan/download/parsec/parsec.html Parsec, a fast combinator parser]
 
* [[Modern array libraries]]
  
* [[Modern array libraries]]
 
* [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2Hs/Tutorials Gtk2Hs, the GUI library]
  
* [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2Hs/Tutorials Gtk2Hs, the GUI library]
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* [http://members.chello.nl/hjgtuyl/tourdemonad.html A tour of the Haskell Monad functions]
  
* [http://members.chello.nl/hjgtuyl/tourdemonad.html A tour of the Haskell Monad functions]
 
* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/bin/view/Helium/ATourOfTheHeliumPrelude Tour of the Helium Prelude]
  
* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/bin/view/Helium/ATourOfTheHeliumPrelude Tour of the Helium Prelude]
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* [http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/people/staff/sjt/craft2e/errors/allErrors.html Some common Hugs error messages]
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* [http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/sjt/craft2e/errors/allErrors.html Some common Hugs error messages]
 
* [http://cheatsheet.codeslower.com/ The Haskell Cheatsheet] - A reference card and mini-tutorial in one.
  
* [http://cheatsheet.codeslower.com/ The Haskell Cheatsheet] - A reference card and mini-tutorial in one.
 
* A [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Category:Glossary Glossary] of common terminology.
  
* A [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Category:Glossary Glossary] of common terminology.
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* [http://www.cse.chalmers.se/edu/course/pfp/ Parallel Functional Programming, Chalmers]
  
* [http://www.cse.chalmers.se/edu/course/pfp/ Parallel Functional Programming, Chalmers]
 
* [http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs11/material/haskell/index.html CS 11 Caltech]
  
* [http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs11/material/haskell/index.html CS 11 Caltech]
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* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/docs/vakken/lfp/ Functional programming]: course notes ([http://www.cs.uu.nl/~jeroen/courses/fp-eng.pdf English], [http://www.cs.uu.nl/~jeroen/courses/fp-nl.pdf Dutch], [http://www.cs.uu.nl/~jeroen/courses/fp-sp.pdf Spanish]), slides in Dutch
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* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/docs/vakken/lfp/ Functional programming]: course notes ([http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~fokke101/courses/fp-eng.pdf English], [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~fokke101/courses/fp-nl.pdf Dutch], [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~fokke101/courses/fp-sp.pdf Spanish]), slides in Dutch
 
* [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs1011/05s2/ CS1011]: Tutorials, lab exercises and solutions
  
* [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs1011/05s2/ CS1011]: Tutorials, lab exercises and solutions
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* [Hungarian] [http://pnyf.inf.elte.hu/fp/Index.xml Functional Programming]: online Haskell exercises (maybe Explorer can't show xml content)
  
 
* Stanford - [http://www.scs.stanford.edu/11au-cs240h/ Functional Systems in Haskell]
  
* Stanford - [http://www.scs.stanford.edu/11au-cs240h/ Functional Systems in Haskell]

Revision as of 15:08, 24 January 2013


This portal points to places where you can go if you want to learn Haskell.

The Introduction to Haskell on the Haskell website tells you what Haskell gives you: substantially increased programmer productivity, shorter, clearer, and more maintainable code, fewer errors, higher reliability, a smaller semantic gap between the programmer and the language, shorter lead times. There is an old but still relevant paper about Why Functional Programming Matters (PDF) by John Hughes. More recently, Sebastian Sylvan wrote an article about Why Haskell Matters.

There is also a table comparing Haskell to other functional languages. Many questions about functional programming are answered by the comp.lang.functional FAQ.

You can ask questions to members of the Haskell community on mailing lists, IRC, or StackOverflow. We recommend installing the Haskell Platform.

Training courses

Short training courses aimed at existing programmers

Material for self-study

Below there are links to certain introductory material. If you want to dig deeper, see Books and tutorials.

Textbooks

Online tutorials

Advanced tutorials

Debugging/profiling/optimization

Monads

Type classes

Generic programming

Popular libraries

Reference

Course material

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