HaskellerZ: An introduction to real-world Haskell programming

Haskell functions do look elegant when applied to lists, trees and other pure types, but can one retain this elegance when writing an actual real-world Haskell program? In this talk, I'll address this question from a beginners perspective. I'll give a hands-on introduction on how to setup and write a little real-world Haskell tool, namely a simple clone of the Unix `wc` utility. In particular, I'll focus on explaining the setup of a .cabal project and the structure of the IO layer of a real-world Haskell program. I'll close with a collection of pointers on how to become more proficient at writing Haskell programs.

The talk is aimed at beginning and intermediate Haskellers. To profit most, one should have a basic grasp of Haskell syntax and types. This corresponds about to what one can learn from the first six chapters of http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters.

(As last time, please make sure that you enter the CAB building before 19:00, as the doors are locked afterwards.)