Ulrich Berger

CS_191 Functional Programming 1

Spring 2011

• Lectures: Monday 11-12 Glyndwr B, and Thursday 15-16 pm Wallace Joint Lecture Theatre.
  Lecture notes
  Programs demonstrated in the lectures: 31/1, 2/2, 14/2, 17/2, 21/2, 28/2, 3/3, 7/3, 21/3


• Computer labs: Monday 13-14 and 14-15, Linux lab (room 207).
  Instructions on how to get started in the labs
  Haskell predefinded functions and type classes
  Lab Exercise sheets: 1, 2, 3, 4 (fp1-lab110314.hs), 5 (fp1-lab110321.hs)


• Coursework: 1 (solution), 2(due 5th of May) (solutions to Questions 1,2,3).



• The programming language Haskell:
  
  
  • In the lecture we are using GHCi, an interactive version of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler GHC. GHCi is included in the GHC distribution and is installed in the undergraduate linux labs.
  • Revised Report on the Programming Language Haskell 98.
  • Haskell Libraries.
  • Haskell and Graphics
  
  
  
• Online tutorials and lecture slides:
  
  
  • YAHT: Yet Another Haskell Tutorial. A Wikibook.
  • Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! by Miran Lipovača: A lighthearted online tutorial for Haskell beginners.
  • Haskell Tutorial for C Programmers - Introduction by Eric Etheridge. Useful for students finding it difficult to switch from imperative to functional programming.
  • A Gentle Introduction to Haskell 98, Paul Hudak, John Peterson, Joseph H. Fasel.
  • Praktische Informatik 3, Christoph Lueth, Bremen University, 2002 (in German)
  • More Haskell Tutorials



• Books:
  
  
  • Bryan O'Sullivan, Don Stewart, and John Goerzen:
    Real World Haskell (online)
    O'Reilly, 2008
    
    
  • Graham Hutton:
    Functional Programming in Haskell
    Cambridge University Press, 2006
    
    
  • Kees Doets and Jan van Eijck:
    The Haskell Road to Logic, Maths an Programming
    King's College Publications, 2004.
    ISBN 0-9543006-9-6
    
    
  • Jeremy Gibbons and Oege de Moor:
    The Fun of Programming (advanced)
    Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
    ISBN 0-333-99285-7
    
    
  • Paul Hudak:
    The Haskell School of Expression. Learning Functional Programming Through Multimedia
    Cambridge University Press, 2000
    ISBN 0-521-64408-9
    
    
  • Simon Thompson:
    Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming
    Second edition
    Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1999
    ISBN 0-201-34275-8
    
    
  • Richard Bird:
    Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell.
    Prentice Hall Series in International Computer Science.
    Prentice Hall, 1998.
    ISBN 0-13-484346-0
    
    
  • Antony J. T. Davie:
    An Introduction to Functional Programming Systems Using Haskell
    Cambridge University Press, 1992
    ISBN 0-521-27724-8
    
    
  • More books and tutorials can be found at The Haskell Bookshelf