Summary
Get Programming with Haskell introduces you to the Haskell language without drowning you in academic jargon and heavy functional programming theory. By working through 43 easy-to-follow lessons, you'll learn Haskell the best possible way-by doing Haskell!
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Technology
Programming languages often differ only around the edges-a few keywords, libraries, or platform choices. Haskell gives you an entirely new point of view. To the software pioneer Alan Kay, a change in perspective can be worth 80 IQ points and Haskellers agree on the dramatic bene ts of thinking the Haskell way-thinking functionally, with type safety, mathematical certainty, and more. In this hands-on book, that's exactly what you'll learn to do.
About the Book
Get Programming with Haskell leads you through short lessons, examples, and exercises designed to make Haskell your own. It has crystal-clear illustrations and guided practice. You will write and test dozens of interesting programs and dive into custom Haskell modules. You will gain a new perspective on programming plus the practical ability to use Haskell in the everyday world. (The 80 IQ points: not guaranteed.)
What's Inside
[*]Thinking in Haskell
[*]Functional programming basics
[*]Programming in types
[*]Real-world applications for Haskell
About the Reader
Written for readers who know one or more programming languages.
About The Author
Will Kurt currently works as a data scientist. He writes a blog at
www.countbayesie.com, explaining data science to normal people.
Table of Contents
[*]Lesson 1 Getting started with Haskell
Unit 1 - FOUNDATIONS OF FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
[*]Lesson 2 Functions and functional programming
[*]Lesson 3 Lambda functions and lexical scope
[*]Lesson 4 First-class functions
[*]Lesson 5 Closures and partial application
[*]Lesson 6 Lists
[*]Lesson 7 Rules for recursion and pattern matching
[*]Lesson 8 Writing recursive functions
[*]Lesson 9 Higher-order functions
[*]Lesson 10 Capstone: Functional object-oriented programming with robots!
Unit 2 - INTRODUCING TYPES
[*]Lesson 11 Type basics
[*]Lesson 12 Creating your own types
[*]Lesson 13 Type classes
[*]Lesson 14 Using type classes
[*]Lesson 15 Capstone: Secret messages!
Unit 3 - PROGRAMMING IN TYPES
[*]Lesson 16 Creating types with "and" and "or"
[*]Lesson 17 Design by composition-Semigroups and Monoids
[*]Lesson 18 Parameterized types
[*]Lesson 19 The Maybe type: dealing with missing values
[*]Lesson 20 Capstone: Time series
Unit 4 - IO IN HASKELL
[*]Lesson 21 Hello World!-introducing IO types
[*]Lesson 22 Interacting with the command line and lazy I/O
[*]Lesson 23 Working with text and Unicode
[*]Lesson 24 Working with files
[*]Lesson 25 Working with binary data
[*]Lesson 26 Capstone: Processing binary files and book data
Unit 5 - WORKING WITH TYPE IN A CONTEXT
[*]Lesson 27 The Functor type class
[*]Lesson 28 A peek at the Applicative type class: using functions in a context
[*]Lesson 29 Lists as context: a deeper look at the Applicative type class
[*]Lesson 30 Introducing the Monad type class
[*]Lesson 31 Making Monads easier with donotation
[*]Lesson 32 The list monad and list comprehensions
[*]Lesson 33 Capstone: SQL-like queries in Haskell
Unit 6 - ORGANIZING CODE AND BUILDING PROJECTS
[*]Lesson 34 Organizing Haskell code with modules
[*]Lesson 35 Building projects with stack
[*]Lesson 36 Property testing with QuickCheck
[*]Lesson 37 Capstone: Building a prime-number library
Unit 7 - PRACTICAL HASKELL
[*]Lesson 38 Errors in Haskell and the Either type
[*]Lesson 39 Making HTTP requests in Haskell
[*]Lesson 40 Working with JSON data by using Aeson
[*]Lesson 41 Using databases in Haskell
[*] Lesson 42 Efficient, stateful arrays in Haskell
[*] Afterword - What's next?
[*]Appendix - Sample answers to exercises
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