I am new to FP and learning Haskell via "Programming in Haskell". I've reached the half way mark in the book and been doing all the exercises religiously. However, at this point I find myself loosing interest and think it would be better if I build some interesting[small] project where I can apply the concepts I've learned.
Ask HN: What small tools/utils I can build with Haskell?
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Re: Ask HN: What small tools/utils I can build with Haskell?
#2Build a tax calculator
Re: Ask HN: What small tools/utils I can build with Haskell?
#3Customize your desktop experience by trying xmonad.
Re: Ask HN: What small tools/utils I can build with Haskell?
#4Seriously, anything. I use Haskell for any scripts, e.g. crawling web sites. (Python's position has been taken by Haskell in my toolbox.)
Surprisingly, a task as simple as web crawler can be related to so many concepts: regex, parsec, optics, conduit, concurrency, I/O...
The fun of programming Haskell is often you introduce a higher-level concept to your program to make it faster or more generalized, but the code gets shorter and more functional! Wish you a happy Haskell journey and find Haskell fun as much as I do. :-)
Re: Ask HN: What small tools/utils I can build with Haskell?
#5Seriously, anything. I use Haskell for any scripts, e.g. crawling web sites. (Python's position has been taken by Haskell in my toolbox.) Surprisingly, a task as simple as web crawler can be related to so many concepts: regex, parsec, optics, conduit, concurrency, I/O... The fun of programming Haskell is often you introduce a higher-level concept to your program to make it faster or more generalized, but the code get…
Thank you ... I've given myself end of this year to start enjoying it, else I am out :-)