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 Look inside!   by Miran Lipovača April 2011, 400 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59327-283-8
It's all in the name: Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! is a hilarious, illustrated guide to this complex functional language. Packed with the author's original artwork, pop culture references, and most importantly, useful example code, this book teaches functional fundamentals in a way you never thought possible. You'll start with the kid stuff: basic syntax, recursion, types and type classes. Then once you've got the basics down, the real black belt master-class begins: you'll learn to use applicative functors, monads, zippers, and all the other mythical Haskell constructs you've only read about in storybooks. As you work your way through the author's imaginative (and occasionally insane) examples, you'll learn to:
Short of eating the author's brain, you will not find a better way to learn this powerful language than reading Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! About the AuthorMiran Lipovača is a computer science student in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In addition to his passion for Haskell, he enjoys boxing, playing bass guitar, and, of course, drawing. He has a fascination with dancing skeletons and the number 71, and when he walks through automatic doors he pretends that he’s actually opening them with his mind. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Starting Out View the detailed Table of Contents (PDF) View the Index (PDF) (top)Reviews"The thing that's most impressive about Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! is how damned well-written it is." "This book is the best way I know to obtain the Haskell foundation you need for fluency." "A fantastic, fun, thorough introduction to Haskell, spiced up by Miran's great sense of humor and zany illustrations." "Miran Lipovača has done a fantastic job of writing a book aimed at beginning Haskell programmers. I like his very straightforward writing style of introducing each topic with the minimum of complexity." "Overall I am really impressed with this book." "If you want to learn the language and have a good grasp of its capabilities and what you can do with it, this is a good book to achieve it and I recommend it without a doubt!" "This is a remarkable book and may be just what this beautiful language was missing." "A wonderful read and the mixture of humor and an understanding for the hard parts in Haskell makes it a fun way to learn the language." "This is a terrific book. It makes what might otherwise seem impenetrable mathy-code and makes it fun and approachable." |
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