[Noisebridge-discuss] Haschool

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

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Yeah, I'm definitely interested in getting more Haskell-fu.  I might be able to get Bryan O'Sullivan (author of Real World Haskell) to give a talk if there's interest too.

	J

Jason Dusek <jason.dusek at gmail.com> wrote:

>  It's been suggested that a Haskell class would be welcome at
>  NoiseBridge.
>
>  My preferred timeslot is 18:00/19:30 on Tuesdays. Please do
>  let me know what you think of that, especially if there is a
>  conflict. In the absence of any strong contention on that
>  point, the first class is on Tuesday, the 12th of May at 18:00
>  PDT.
>
>  I've done a bit of Haskell teaching one-on-one; however, I've
>  not got a lot of teaching experience. I hope to improve myself
>  as a result of this class. Let's work together to ensure the
>  material remains relevant and engaging.
>
>  Topics for first class:
>
> .  Haskell is special.
>
> .  Things to use for Haskell programming.
>
>   .  GHC compiler/intepreter. Students on less common platforms
>      (Amiga, PlayStation, PalmOS) should contact the
>      instructor.
>
>   .  Cabal build system and helpful package manager.
>
>   .  Editor modes.
>
>     .  EMACS has long had a Haskell mode but something about it
>        is screwy in the latest version. The Gentoo devs patched
>        it in their tarball, though.
>
>     .  Vim has syntax support and in addition there's a VimBall
>        full of extra stuff. Your instructor regularly uses Vim
>        with this mode for Haskell editing.
>
> .  Building and using a simple library to download warez.
>
>   .  Download/install Haskell's CURL bindings.
>
>   .  Write simple program to download warez.
>
>   .  Download lots of warez and experience handle exhaustion.
>
>  Haskell is very improving for any level of programmer. Many of
>  us learn computation through the model of the Von Neumann
>  machine, the stored program computer with mutable memory
>  cells. Haskell invites us to consider computation from the
>  perspective of the typed lambda calculus. You'll be learning
>  to program all over again.
>
>--
>Jason Dusek
>
>
>
>
> | GHC compiler/interpreter. |
>  Save yourself a lot of trouble and use the binaries :)
>  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_6_10_2.html#binaries
>
> | Cabal build system and helpful package manager. |
>  http://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html
>
>
> |...VimBall full of extra stuff. |
>  http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/cr3/toolbox/haskell/Vim/
>
>
> | EMACS has long had a Haskell mode...|
>  http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell_mode_for_Emacs
>
> | The Gentoo devs patched it in their tarball...|
>  http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/haskell-mode-2.4_p20080826.tar.bz2
>
> |...screwy in the latest version...|
>  Discussion begins at 18:17:32.
>  http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/haskell/09.05.08
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