daleathan · April 18, 2014 23:06 · Apr 14, 2014 · Apr 14, 2014 · Apr 14, 2014 · Mar 8, 2014
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@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ After you're comfortable with Haskell, strongly consider learning Lenses and Pri
 
 Seen here: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens
 
-Follow Edward Kmett (author of lens, Haskell superhero) on twitter:
-https://twitter.com/kmett
-
-If you need JavaScript, you probably want Purescript (not exactly Haskell) or Haste (is Haskell) for generating JS.
+If you need JavaScript, you probably want Purescript for generating JS. Purescript *not* strictly Haskell but it is very similar.
 
 Most of all, *don't sweat the stuff you don't understand immediately*. Just keep moving.
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@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Real World Haskell is available online. (Thanks bos!)
 
 I recommend RWH as a reference (thick book). The chapters for parsing and monads are great for getting a sense for where monads are useful. Other people have said that they've liked it a lot. Perhaps a good follow-up for practical idioms after you've got the essentials of Haskell down?
 
-Concurrent with the NICTA course: http://blog.tmorris.net/posts/20-intermediate-haskell-exercises/
-
 If you want to follow up on the type and category theory:
 
 http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/tapl/

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@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ I like Learn You a Haskell as a reference and cheat-sheet but I found it a littl
 
 Here's my recommended order for just learning Haskell:
 
-http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Haskell-the-Hard-Way/ 80% completion here is fine if you feel your attention waning, the next thing will address hammering in things like functors and monads via typeclasses.
-
-https://github.com/NICTA/course/ this will hammer in the lessons in a very direct form by forcing you to confront the challenges and lessons learned by the creators and community of Haskell itself. Doing the exercises here is critical for being fluent.
+http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/lectures.html Brent Yorgey's course is the best I've found so far and replaces both Yann Esposito's HF&H and the NICTA course. This course is particularly valuable as it will not only equip you to write Haskell but also help you understand parser combinators. 
 
 Real World Haskell is available online. (Thanks bos!)
 

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-I like LYAH as a reference and cheat-sheet but I found it a little slow for learning Haskell.
+I like Learn You a Haskell as a reference and cheat-sheet but I found it a little slow for learning Haskell.
 
 Here's my recommended order for just learning Haskell:
 

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@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ https://twitter.com/kmett
 
 If you need JavaScript, you probably want Purescript (not exactly Haskell) or Haste (is Haskell) for generating JS.
 
-Most of all, don't sweat the stuff you don't understand immediately. Just keep moving.
+Most of all, *don't sweat the stuff you don't understand immediately*. Just keep moving.
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@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Haskell-the-Hard-Way/ 80% completion her
 
 https://github.com/NICTA/course/ this will hammer in the lessons in a very direct form by forcing you to confront the challenges and lessons learned by the creators and community of Haskell itself. Doing the exercises here is critical for being fluent.
 
-Real World Haskell is available online. I recommend it primarily as a reference (thick book), but the chapters surrounding parsing and monads are great for getting a sense of "practical" application of monads. Other people I've taught have said that they've liked it a lot. Perhaps a good follow-up for practical idioms after you've got the essentials of Haskell down?
+Real World Haskell is available online. (Thanks bos!)
+
+I recommend RWH as a reference (thick book). The chapters for parsing and monads are great for getting a sense for where monads are useful. Other people have said that they've liked it a lot. Perhaps a good follow-up for practical idioms after you've got the essentials of Haskell down?
 
 Concurrent with the NICTA course: http://blog.tmorris.net/posts/20-intermediate-haskell-exercises/
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.md b/gistfile1.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Haskell-the-Hard-Way/ 80% completion her
 
 https://github.com/NICTA/course/ this will hammer in the lessons in a very direct form by forcing you to confront the challenges and lessons learned by the creators and community of Haskell itself. Doing the exercises here is critical for being fluent.
 
-Real World Haskell is available online. I recommend it primarily as a reference, but the chapters surrounding parsing and monads are great for getting a sense of "practical" application of monads.
+Real World Haskell is available online. I recommend it primarily as a reference (thick book), but the chapters surrounding parsing and monads are great for getting a sense of "practical" application of monads. Other people I've taught have said that they've liked it a lot. Perhaps a good follow-up for practical idioms after you've got the essentials of Haskell down?
 
 Concurrent with the NICTA course: http://blog.tmorris.net/posts/20-intermediate-haskell-exercises/
 

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@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ Seen here: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens
 Follow Edward Kmett (author of lens, Haskell superhero) on twitter:
 https://twitter.com/kmett
 
-If you need JavaScript, you probably want Fay until GHCJS gets explored further.
-https://github.com/faylang/fay/wiki
-I'm doing some work/exploration here.
+If you need JavaScript, you probably want Purescript (not exactly Haskell) or Haste (is Haskell) for generating JS.
 
-Most of all, try not to sweat the stuff you don't understand immediately. Just keep moving.
+Most of all, don't sweat the stuff you don't understand immediately. Just keep moving.
diff --git a/gistfile1.md b/gistfile1.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Haskell-the-Hard-Way/ 80% completion her
 
 https://github.com/NICTA/course/ this will hammer in the lessons in a very direct form by forcing you to confront the challenges and lessons learned by the creators and community of Haskell itself. Doing the exercises here is critical for being fluent.
 
-Real World Haskell is available online. I recommend it as a reference only.
+Real World Haskell is available online. I recommend it primarily as a reference, but the chapters surrounding parsing and monads are great for getting a sense of "practical" application of monads.
 
-Concurrent with the course: http://blog.tmorris.net/posts/20-intermediate-haskell-exercises/
+Concurrent with the NICTA course: http://blog.tmorris.net/posts/20-intermediate-haskell-exercises/
 
 If you want to follow up on the type and category theory:
 

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+I like LYAH as a reference and cheat-sheet but I found it a little slow for learning Haskell.
+
+Here's my recommended order for just learning Haskell:
+
+http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Haskell-the-Hard-Way/ 80% completion here is fine if you feel your attention waning, the next thing will address hammering in things like functors and monads via typeclasses.
+
+https://github.com/NICTA/course/ this will hammer in the lessons in a very direct form by forcing you to confront the challenges and lessons learned by the creators and community of Haskell itself. Doing the exercises here is critical for being fluent.
+
+Real World Haskell is available online. I recommend it as a reference only.
+
+Concurrent with the course: http://blog.tmorris.net/posts/20-intermediate-haskell-exercises/
+
+If you want to follow up on the type and category theory:
+
+http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/tapl/
+http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Category_theory
+http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Category_theory
+
+Useful for understanding typeclasses in general but also some Hask-specific category theory:
+http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Typeclassopedia
+
+Search engine (can search by type):
+http://www.haskell.org/hoogle/?hoogle=%28a+-%3E+b%29+-%3E+%5ba%5d+-%3E+%5bb%5d
+
+After you're comfortable with Haskell, strongly consider learning Lenses and Prisms, even if just as a "user". You don't need to understand the underlying category for it to be useful.
+
+Seen here: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/lens
+
+Follow Edward Kmett (author of lens, Haskell superhero) on twitter:
+https://twitter.com/kmett
+
+If you need JavaScript, you probably want Fay until GHCJS gets explored further.
+https://github.com/faylang/fay/wiki
+I'm doing some work/exploration here.
+
+Most of all, try not to sweat the stuff you don't understand immediately. Just keep moving.