Learn You a Haskell for Great Good

I just finished this book and I recommend it highly.

The publisher describes Learn You a Haskell for Great Good as “the funkiest way to learn Haskell, which is the best functional programming language around” and for now I’ll have to agree. I read the book as part of my Safari subscription but I was pleased to learn that you can still read it online for free. You can also, of course, purchase it if you prefer (Print

Kindle).

I’ve used functional programming before and am a bit of a fan, but I’ve not used Haskell. I recently started reading this blog. Since the author uses Haskell for the examples, I set off on a quest to find a good book – and I found one.

Learn You a Haskell for Great Good is written for programmers but I get the sense that anyone who understands a bit of advanced mathematics would benefit from and enjoy reading it. I’m a programmer so it’s hard for me to tell for sure – but that’s the sense I get.

If you are looking for a good introduction to functional programming or Haskell, this book is probably a good first step.