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https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/dialog... > a transducer is recognizing that the signature of foldl splits > type Transducer a b = forall r. (r -> b -> r) -> (r -> a -> r) > they compose like lenses

comment by endgame · 2022-11-01 · in Ask HN: What piece of code/codebase blew your mind when you saw it?

…the criticism of resources that ultimately do not make it into his final recommendation. [0] https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by mrslave · 2022-10-10 · in Functional Education (2014)

…type signature captures the essence: type Transducer x y = forall b. (b -> y -> b) -> (b -> x -> b) https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/dialog...

comment by endgame · 2022-08-19 · in Understanding Transducers

…Education https://bitemyapp.com/blog/functional-education/ (December 2014) [2] How to learn Haskell https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by mrslave · 2021-07-12 · in Haskell for Beginners

The canonical source for Haskell introductions is the following, I believe https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by tome · 2019-10-06 · in Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other programming language

This is the canonical resource, I believe https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by tome · 2019-10-06 · in Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other programming language

…Allen, one of the authors of HaskellBook.com, has a list of recommended (free) learning resources: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/README...

comment by sshine · 2018-04-25 · in Ask HN: Best resource for learning Haskell?

…a grain of salt...), but AFAIK the current recommended introductory resources are described here: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell tl;dr: 1) If you want to buy a book, http://haskellbook.com/ is supposed to be good 2) If you…

comment by jabl · 2017-07-26 · in Why I’m Learning Perl 6

Take a look at this link from Chris Allen (aka bitemyapp): https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell The current best resource for beginning with Haskell seems to be haskell-book (listed on the Github link above): http://haskellbook.com/ .…

comment by localfugue · 2017-02-19 · in Ask HN: Best Book to Learn Haskell And/or Functional Programming Paradigms?

…http://bitemyapp.com/posts/2016-02-06-haskell-is-not-trivial... https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell http://haskellbook.com/ by the above author

comment by sotojuan · 2016-11-19 · in Exploratory Haskell (2015)

I think Chris Allen nailed the Haskell-learning path: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell or, http://haskellbook.com/

comment by sotojuan · 2016-11-10 · in A Haskell Study Syllabus

…quite a few people before starting the book, in addition to maintaining a fairly popular guide ( https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell ) for learning Haskell and helping people working through the recommended materials. Further, my…

comment by coolsunglasses · 2016-08-03 · in Show HN: Learn Functional Programming Using Haskell

…a _lot_ of time spent working with people hands on via IRC and Skype and curating a popular guide: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell >"Why can’t I learn Haskell the way I learned $BOZOLANG?" >...I hope the book itself won't…

comment by coolsunglasses · 2016-02-22 · in State of the Haskell Ecosystem – February 2016

…resources (free & paid), despite maintaining a guide for learning Haskell with free resources: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell It's just harder than it needs to be, so we're fixing that. Even the better existing books/resources…

comment by coolsunglasses · 2016-02-22 · in State of the Haskell Ecosystem – February 2016

…is for people willing to learn: https://github.com/NICTA/course/blob/master/README.markdown https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/README... Good luck on your journey!

comment by suls · 2016-01-20 · in The Rails Doctrine

…of making it easy for people from different background to pick the right material-- over here: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell He's currently writing a book, that will cost money ($59 I think), which has beta-access and is IMHO…

comment by cies · 2016-01-17 · in Reflection on Brent Yorgey's Haskell Class

I recommend this, https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by lockfinn · 2015-08-29 · in Effectful Haskell: IO, Monads, Functors

This looks good but I have not personally tried the courses mentioned at the top of the article - https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by radmuzom · 2015-08-27 · in OCamlers' critiques of Haskell

…`stack new` in the future I think, but `stack new` doesn't work for what I'm doing atm. Learning: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell http://haskellbook.com/ After those, just start writing crappy Haskell code to solve real tasks you…

comment by codygman · 2015-06-30 · in Ask HN: How can I learn Haskell?

…10: https://superginbaby.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/teaching-haske... 11: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell 12: http://haskellbook.com/ 13: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Haskell-A-Project-Based-Appr... 14: https://en.m.wik

comment by codygman · 2015-06-24 · in Stack 0.1 – A new build tool for Haskell

…is to follow along with a course that has you do exercises, and actually do the exercises. See the https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell course for some class recommendations.

comment by cschneid · 2015-06-22 · in “Mostly functional” programming does not work (2014)

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story by vivekparihar11 · 2015-05-31 · 0 comments

…already seen it, I'd recommend taking a look at the guide I've maintained on how to learn Haskell: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2015-05-30 · in Haskell Communities and Activities Report, May 2015

Guide as usual, https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell#how-should-i-learn... (so, cis194 -> NICTA Course) but you can skip the first four weeks. You can try skipping more, but I suspect some backtracking will be required. Also be aware…

comment by coolsunglasses · 2015-05-27 · in Haskell Programming

…. Also, not precisely the same question, but related and encouraging: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/coc.md .

comment by hyperpape · 2015-05-26 · in Haskell Programming

…about this book. There are rather few recent Haskell texts with beginners in mind, and Chris of the https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell fame is probably one of the most qualified people out there to teach the subject. At Front Row we…

comment by akurilin · 2015-05-26 · in Haskell Programming

…easy. For example, implementing the search feature[1][2] took surprisingly little effort. [0]: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell#yorgeys-cis194-cou... [1]: https://github.com/srid/chronicle/commit/4a6c18147bf1596b234... [2]:…

comment by sridca · 2015-05-25 · in Understanding Elm

I would recommend you follow the order of courses listed in https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell because simply reading won't get you far enough. The Penn CIS194 (2013) course is excellent, try working through it and reading Learn You…

comment by bgar · 2015-05-23 · in Ask HN: Which functional programming book?

…my coauthor for our book http://haskellbook.com/ - not of the guide. The learnhaskell guide ( https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell ) is the product of 41 individual contributors. I got the ball rolling on the guide a year ago.

comment by coolsunglasses · 2015-05-21 · in Interview with Michael Fogus

…about this book. There are rather few recent Haskell texts with beginners in mind, and Chris of the https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell fame is probably one of the most qualified people out there to teach the subject. Anything that…

comment by akurilin · 2015-05-21 · in Haskell Programming (EARLY ACCESS)

…recommend Spring 2013 for a reason? There were discussions on preferring Spring 2013 to 2015 here: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/pull/72 https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/issues/40

comment by sridca · 2015-05-11 · in Secure Package Distribution for Haskell

Not anywhere near experienced, but I was using this "curriculum": https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell I have a general question about Haskell though: I've read in more than one place that writing high-performance Haskell code is not…

comment by cko · 2015-05-05 · in School of Haskell 2.0

…https://twitter.com/argumatronic/status/593845481140133888 :) My guide for learning Haskell is here: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell You can get help in the IRC channel if you'd like as well. I don't recommend using…

comment by coolsunglasses · 2015-04-30 · in Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died

…people, we'll get there. :) [0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxj9UAX4Em-Ij4TKwKvo-... [1] https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by TheSmoke · 2015-04-24 · in Becoming Productive in Haskell

Great article. I do think a better "Getting started with Haskell" guide is Chris Allen's: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell OP's article is still a great way of wetting appetite, and sharing insights; but moving on from there is…

comment by cies · 2015-04-24 · in Becoming Productive in Haskell

This is an excellent resource: http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/ There's also Chris Allen's guide: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell . You can also go through the (good, but very dated) book, Real World Haskell. Sometimes you have…

comment by michaelochurch · 2015-04-04 · in How to Sell Excellence

…on my experiences learning and teaching Haskell. I have a guide here that lists my recommendations: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell#yorgeys-cis194-cou... I've explained my stances towards what not to use to learn Haskell here:…

comment by coolsunglasses · 2015-03-25 · in Kronos Haskell

further to this "bitemyapp" has a very good starting point for haskell newcomers https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by rjblackman · 2015-02-21 · in She: The Strathclyde Haskell Enhancement

Extensive list of resources including many that have exercises: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by merijnv · 2015-02-19 · in Learn You a Haskell for Great Good (2008)

…[2] https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-functional-programmi... [3] https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by Confusion · 2015-02-19 · in Learn You a Haskell for Great Good (2008)

I think the current 'definitive' resource for learning Haskell is https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell , which has well-curated, comprehensive links.

comment by felixgallo · 2015-02-19 · in Learn You a Haskell for Great Good (2008)

Haskell https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-12-26 · in Ask HN: What new or hot technology do you recommend learning?

…and apply it to practical problems in less time than you'd think. [1]: http://haskellbook.com [2]: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-12-08 · in Language is not important

…only one thing you need to learn Haskell: 1. Forget everything you know and follow the types. 2. https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by codygman · 2014-11-28 · in The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C (2013)

…these are compatible with CentOS or RHEL, but I have install instructions for Fedora in my guide: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell#fedora-20 that were contributed by davidfetter on github.

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-11-17 · in Give me back my sanity: How I had to install Pandoc in a CentOS Docker container

…designed to enable its use for practical projects. This is the guide I use to teach people Haskell: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell I've taught Haskell successfully for the last year to programmers and non-programmers.

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-10-28 · in Functional programming and condescension

…[5]: http://wiki.portal.chalmers.se/agda/pmwiki.php?n=ReferenceMa... [6]: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-10-20 · in Haskell Is Exceptionally Unsafe (2012)

…than Python or Ruby, take a look at Haskell. - ex-Python and Clojure user, teach Haskell now. https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-10-01 · in A Fresh Look at Rust

…IO invokes it. This is why we have things like Functor, monad transformers, etc. Want to know more? https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-08-10 · in Getting It Done with Haskell

…the sort of project that interests you, but needs love and isn't a good introduction for most. [1]: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

comment by coolsunglasses · 2014-08-09 · in Getting It Done with Haskell