Programming in Haskell

Graham Hutton

Cambridge University Press

Paperback: ISBN 978-1316626221; Kindle: ASIN B01JGMEA3U

318 pages, 120 exercises

Description

Haskell is a purely functional language that allows programmers to rapidly develop software that is clear, concise and correct. This book is based on the author's experience of teaching Haskell for more than twenty years. All concepts are explained from first principles and no programming experience is required, making the book accessible to a broad spectrum of readers.

Part I introduces the basic concepts of pure programming in Haskell and is structured around the core features of the language. Part II covers impure programming and a range of more advanced topics. The book contains many extended programming examples, and each chapter includes a series of exercises and suggestions for further reading.

This new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to include recent and more advanced features of Haskell, new examples and exercises, selected solutions, and freely downloadable lecture videos, slides and example code. The presentation is clean and simple, while also being fully compliant with the latest version of the language, including recent changes concerning applicative, monadic, foldable and traversable types.

Graham Hutton is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. He has taught Haskell to thousands of students and received many awards for his teaching. Hutton has served as an editor of the Journal of Functional Programming, Chair of the Haskell Symposium and the International Conference on Functional Programming, Vice-Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages, and he is an ACM Distinguished Scientist.

Contents

The table of contents, foreword, preface and first two chapters can be viewed here.

Foreword
Preface
Part I. Basic Concepts:
1. Introduction
2. First steps
3. Types and classes
4. Defining functions
5. List comprehensions
6. Recursive functions
7. Higher-order functions
8. Declaring types and classes
9. The countdown problem
Part II. Going Further:
10. Interactive programming
11. Unbeatable tic-tac-toe
12. Monads and more
13. Monadic parsing
14. Foldables and friends
15. Lazy evaluation
16. Reasoning about programs
17. Calculating compilers
Appendix A. Selected solutions
Appendix B. Standard prelude
Bibliography
Index

Feedback

      

The master of Haskell education.
-- Stephanie Weirich, University of Pennsylvania

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Clean writing, careful exposition, wonderful examples & valuable exercises.
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Absolutely sublime book that made me finally "get" Haskell.
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Videos

Introductory course based on chapters 1 to 9.

Advanced course based on chapters 12 and 16.

Interview about the book.

Additional videos for specific chapters:

4. Defining functions
12. Monads and more
13. Monadic parsing
15. Lazy evaluation
16. Reasoning about programs
17. Calculating compilers

Slides

Lecture slides for chapters 1-10 and 15 are available in a zip file. These slides may be used or modified for any educational or training purpose provided the original author is acknowledged.

Code

Haskell code for all the extended programming examples is available in a zip file.

Instructors

Course instructors can request an inspection copy of the book, together with a large collection of introductory and advanced exams and answers based on the content.

Errata

All known errata are listed here.

Please contact the author if you spot any further issues.