Programming in Haskell [Paperback]

Graham Hutton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521692695 | ISBN-13: 978-0521692694 | Publication Date: January 15, 2007

Haskell is one of the leading languages for teaching functional programming, enabling students to write simpler and cleaner code, and to learn how to structure and reason about programs. This introduction is ideal for beginners: it requires no previous programming experience and all concepts are explained from first principles via carefully chosen examples. Each chapter includes exercises that range from the straightforward to extended projects, plus suggestions for further reading on more advanced topics. The author is a leading Haskell researcher and instructor, well-known for his teaching skills. The presentation is clear and simple, and benefits from having been refined and class-tested over several years. The result is a text that can be used with courses, or for self-learning. Features include freely accessible Powerpoint slides for each chapter, solutions to exercises and examination questions (with solutions) available to instructors, and a downloadable code that's fully compliant with the latest Haskell release.

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'The best introduction to Haskell available. There are many paths towards becoming comfortable and competent with the language but I think studying this book is the quickest path. I urge readers of this magazine to recommend Programming in Haskell to anyone who has been thinking about learning the language.' Duncan Coutts, Monad Reader

'Two groups of people must consider this book. The first is professors interested in rapidly introducing students to fundamental concepts in functional programming. This book, supplemented with online resources and professorial guidance could easily serve as the textbook for a semester-long course on functional programming. The second group is programmers interested in surveying the functional paradigm as quickly as possible.' Journal of Functional Programming

Book Description

This introduction is ideal for beginners as it requires no previous programming experience and all concepts are explained from first principles via carefully chosen examples. Each chapter includes exercises that range from the straightforward to extended projects, plus suggestions for further reading on more advanced topics.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521692695
• ISBN-13: 978-0521692694
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction but the title is misleading, March 19, 2007

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Jack - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming in Haskell (Paperback)

This is a very good introduction to the fundamentals concepts of haskell but it doesn't teach you what you need to know to start writing (or reading) non-trivial programs. Topics that are not covered at all are monad rules, monad trasformers and monad functions like mapM. Syntactic sugars not covered at all are "module", "newtype", "case/of", "let/in".

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to Haskell, February 15, 2007

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This review is from: Programming in Haskell (Hardcover)

Hutton's book is an excellent introduction for programmers approaching Haskell for the first time. Hutton keeps the focus on the core concepts of the language and avoids the advanced topics (of which there are many). The book is fairly light at 171 pages, but for an introductory text I consider this appropriate - a weighty tome might intimidate a reader who just wants a introductory overview. That said, if you are already an intermediate level Haskell hacker, you will likely not find anything of use in this text.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Text!, February 19, 2007

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William L. Harrison "Bill Harrison" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming in Haskell (Paperback)

Graham Hutton has written a wonderful introduction to functional programming in Haskell. I'm using it as part of an undergraduate level course on programming languages and I'm amazed at how fast my students have understood issues with which previous classes of mine have struggled. In my opinion, this is *the* best introductory text available on functional programming in any language. Thanks Graham!!!