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21%OFFMiran Lipovaca - Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide - 9781593272838 - V9781593272838
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Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide

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Description for Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide Paperback. Packed with jokes, pop culture references, and the author's own hilarious artwork, this guide introduces programmers familiar with imperative languages (such as C++, Java, or Python) to the unique aspects of functional programming. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UMA; UMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 770.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
No Starch Press
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9781593272838
SKU
V9781593272838
Shipping Time
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About Miran Lipovaca
Miran Lipova?a 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.

Reviews for Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide
"The thing that's most impressive about Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! is how well-written it is. This book is just fantastic." —Gregory Collins, Google Switzerland "Managed to walk me through all important Haskell concepts without ever making any of the material sound complicated. A good introduction to functional programming." —Marijn Haverbeke, author of Eloquent JavaScript "This ... Read more

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