Starting

Books

• You will need the the text: Learn You a Haskell For Great Good.
• Other resources:
  • Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming.
    • CPS Google Drive link
    • Original direct PDF link
  • Haskell Programming from First Principles. Currently $60.

Running Haskell

• The best option is Github Codespaces. I have a basic Haskell repository that you can search for (maueroats/codespaces-haskell) and use when setting up your Codespace. The free user quota in 2025 is 120 core-hours per month.

• A second-best option is to use Code World. Good: no setup; works instantly. Bad: there is no command line (interactive version) available. This means you have to print everything to see it. If you are able to connect a Google account, you can save your work online (no autosave).

• In the past we have used replit.com for programming. See the specific notes to get started. The free user quota in 2024 is 600 minutes (=10 hours).

• On your own personal computer, begin with ghcup.

• There is not exactly a “Help Desk”, but the search engine Hoogle can sometimes be useful.

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