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University of Pennsylvania

Haskell: Lecture notes and assignments

University of Pennsylvania via Independent

Overview

This course on Haskell covers topics such as algebraic data types, recursion patterns, polymorphism, lazy evaluation, functors, applicative functors, and monads. The course aims to teach students how to write Haskell programs creatively following style guidelines. The teaching method includes lectures, assignments, and homework submissions. This course is intended for individuals interested in learning functional programming with Haskell.

Syllabus

All homework assignments should emerge creatively from the Style guidelines. Homework is due each Monday by the start of class.

HW submission site / HW submission instructions

  • Week 1 (14 January): Introduction to Haskell ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 1: due Monday, 21 January.
  • Week 2 (21 January): Algebraic Data Types ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 2: due Monday, 28 January. [ error.log, sample.log, Log.hs ]
  • Week 3 (28 January): Recursion patterns, polymorphism, and the Prelude ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 3: due Monday, 4 February.
  • Week 4 (4 February): Higher-order programming and type inference ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 4: due Monday, 11 February.
  • Week 5 (11 February): More polymorphism and type classes ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 5: due Monday, 18 February. [ ExprT.hs, Parser.hs, StackVM.hs ]
  • Week 6 (18 February): Lazy evaluation ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 6: due Monday, 25 February.
  • Week 7 (25 February): Folds and monoids ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 7: due Monday, 11 March. [ Editor.hs, Buffer.hs, Sized.hs, StringBuffer.hs, StringBufEditor.hs, carol.txt ]
  • Week 8 (11 March): IO ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 8: due Monday, 18 March. [ Employee.hs, company.txt ]
  • Week 9 (18 March): Functors ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 9: due never (no HW this week).
  • Week 10 (25 March): Applicative functors (part 1) ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 10: due Monday, 1 April. [ AParser.hs ]
  • Week 11 (1 April): Applicative functors (part 2) ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 11: due Monday, 8 April. [ AParser.hs, SExpr.hs ]
  • Week 12 (8 April): Monads ( html, lhs )

    • Homework 12: due Monday, 15 April. [ Risk.hs ]

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