Haskell for Beginners
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Haskell for Beginners
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#2Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
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#3Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
Because yet another blog needs subscribers...
Re: Haskell for Beginners
#4Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
He was not entirely happy with that resource:
"So I read a couple of tutorials online and went through the famous Learn You a Haskell for Great Good ! It was a long and painful journey - which is not over yet. After some retrospection I wanted to share my own introduction to Haskell based on my python experience. What I wished I had learnt first and what I wished I learnt later down the road."
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#5Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
Because yet another blog needs subscribers...
Or maybe because his journey was not the best with the book, and he wanted to share how he wishes it was explained (it's written in the article, if you can read!)
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#6Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
He was not entirely happy with that resource: "So I read a couple of tutorials online and went through the famous Learn You a Haskell for Great Good ! It was a long and painful journey - which is not over yet. After some retrospection I wanted to share my own introduction to Haskell based on my python experience. What I wished I had learnt first and what I wished I learnt later down the road."
That book was heavy on syntax right off the bat, and light on underlying theory, which is why I ended up bailing. The blog is even more extreme, and gives no explanation as to why a beginner should even bother. Might as well read the official Haskell documentation instead.
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#7Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
LYAH is a great resource but it is a bit dated at this point and there have been more entries into the space.
Haskell needs more content like this to show people how approachable it is, and especially when they're more up to date and more in line with recent best practices in using haskell.
As long as we're not all doing burrito tutorials, the more people that engage with Haskell (and write posts about it), especially simple, straight to the point ones like this the better.
I personally have written a guide on how to build practical APIs in Haskell that is now quite outdated[0], and while I tried to go from zero, it is almost certainly not a good entry guide. Glad to see more people taking stabs at it.
[0]: https://vadosware.io/post/rest-ish-services-in-haskell-part-...
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#8Noob question: does it worth, for a beginner, to start with Haskell instead of Elm or Purescript?
Re: Haskell for Beginners
#9Noob question: does it worth, for a beginner, to start with Haskell instead of Elm or Purescript?
Yes, because of the more mature literature and ecosystem. There is a reason quickcheck didn't come out of purescript.
Re: Haskell for Beginners
#10Why not simply read "Learn You A Haskell", which is mentioned in the introduction?
LYAH is a great resource but it is a bit dated at this point and there have been more entries into the space. Haskell needs more content like this to show people how approachable it is, and especially when they're more up to date and more in line with recent best practices in using haskell. As long as we're not all doing burrito tutorials, the more people that engage with Haskell (and write posts about it), especiall…
So is it still worth reading LYAH nowadays? Are there any other resources that you could recommend instead of it?