New Free Course: Setup.hs!
You can read all the Haskell articles you want, but unless you write the code for yourself, you'll never get anywhere! But there are so many different tools and ideas floating around out there, so how are you supposed to know what to do? How do you even get started writing a Haskell project? And how can you make your development process as efficient as possible?
The first course I ever made, Your First Haskell Project, was designed to help beginners answer these questions. But over the years, it's become a bit dated, and I thought it would be good to sunset that course and replace it with a new alternative, Setup.hs. Like its predecessor, Setup.hs is totally free!
Setup.hs is a short course designed for many levels of Haskellers! Newcomers will learn all the basics of building and running your code. More experienced Haskellers will get some new tools for managing all your Haskell-related programs, as well as some tips for integrating Haskell features into your code editor!
Here's what you'll learn in the course:
- How to install and manage all of the core Haskell tools (GHC, Cabal, Stack)
- What components you need in your Haskell project and how you can build and run them all
- How to get your editor to use advanced features, like flagging compilation errors and providing autocomplete suggestions.
We'll do all of this in a hands-on way with detailed, step-by-step exercises!
Improvements
Setup.hs makes a few notable updates and improvements compared to Your First Haskell Project.
First, it uses GHCup to install all the necessary tools instead of the now-deprecated Haskell Platform. GHCup allows for seamless switching between the different versions of all our tools, which can be very useful when you have many projects on your system!
Second, it goes into more details about pretty much every topic, whether that's project organization, Stack snapshots, and extra dependencies.
Third and probably most importantly, Setup.hs will teach you how to get Haskell code hints in three of the most common code editors (VS Code, Vim & Emacs) using Haskell Language Server. Even if these lectures don't cover the particular editor you use, they'll give you a great idea of what you need to search for to learn how. I can't overstate how useful these kinds of integrations are. They'll massively speed up your development and, if you're a beginner, they'll rapidly accelerate your learning.
If all this sounds super interesting to you, head over to the course page and sign up!
Black Friday Course Sale!
This whole blog is dedicated to helping you to learn Haskell. And learning any programming language is hard, most of all one that doesn't fit most of the conventions in other languages! While there are hours and hours of content for you to read on Monday Morning Haskell, reading alone unfortunately won't make you the best programmer you can be.
So what's actually the best way to get better at programming?
Improving at any technical skill requires commitment and hands-on experience. You have to make a purposeful investment - setting aside time and energy to this task. And you have to spend that time actually doing it, rather than simply reading about it.
And this is why Monday Morning Haskell has a diverse array of online courses to give you hands-on experience learning new Haskell concepts and writing your own code. Every course consists of video lectures paired with detailed programming exercises, usually including unit tests. Certain courses also include screencasts where you can observe certain steps of the coding process before trying them for yourself. A couple courses also have a project component where you can add your own code to something with a practical use!
These courses are great tools to take your Haskell skills to the next level, whether you're still a beginner or a more advanced Haskeller. And today is the best time to do it, because today is the start of our Black Friday Sale. All courses are available for 20% off their normal price with the code BLACKFRIDAY22. Plus, if you subscribe to our monthly mailing list, you can get an even better discount for 30% off.
Head to our courses page to take a look at our options! Over the next week, we'll spotlight each of the different courses here on the blog!
What's New?
Now perhaps you've taken one of our courses in the past and you're curious if anything's changed. And, in fact, we've made a few updates to improve your student experience!
GHC 9.0.2
All courses are now updated to use GHC 9.0.2 (generally with Stack resolver 19.24). This means they are more up to date with the latest Haskell libraries. It also is significant for students with newer MacOS hardware. Older GHC versions often can't compile on new Macs without some odd hacks. All of our courses should now work out of the box on these machines.
Zip File Delivery
Previously, our courses would always require students to get added as collaborators on a private GitHub repository before they could start coding. All course code is now also available through .zip files so you can get started right away!
Answers Branches
A common request in the past was to have reference answers available for students who got stuck. We started incorporating this for newer courses, and have now retroactively applied it to older courses as well. At the end of every module, you should be able to find a .zip file with our recommended answers in case you get stuck.
Exercise Revisions
Finally, exercise descriptions have been revised for clarity!
Conclusion
As a last note, all our courses are lifetime access and come with a 30-day refund guarantee. So don't miss out! Subscribe to the mailing list to get the maximum discount! (Or just use BLACKFRIDAY22 to get 20% off any of our courses)
