On 1/22/06, Dmitry Astapov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recend thread "Tutorial upload" reminded me of my intentions to write > haskell tutorial which I suppresend from the times when Hal Daume > began to write YAHT. Unusually low temperature here (-22C) freed me a > lot of time this weekend, and the result it here: > > http://www.haskell.org/hawiki/HitchhickersGuideToTheHaskell > > This is a work in progress, plus I'm trying it on C++/Java folk around > me, so it's bound to be heavily corrected, but main direction could > already be seen (I hope). If you want - jump on the wagon, and provide > me with (constructive) criticism, edits on hawiki or anything else you > see fit.
I like the approach - using real tools to perform sensible tasks. I'm not a real newbie any more (but hardly an expert!) so I can't really comment on whether the approach is OK for someone who's never tried Haskell before, but it looks good to me. As a specific example, I haven't used Parsec much, and the section on that is just right - enough details for me to see how I use it, but no more than that, so I'm encouraged to go and look at the manuals if I need any extra. Keep up the good work! (I won't wish any more -22C weather on you, but I hope you find time to keep going). Some other sample tasks might be a web service, and database access. Neither is trivial in Haskell, due to the need to search out the right libraries, but both are very common real-life jobs. Paul. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe