I've found LYAH beginning ca. the Functors material to become difficult for some people based on my experiences and the people I've worked with. Difficult in the sense of getting a forest-eye view or essence of what they are and what they mean.

At this point, I generally recommend people flip over to cis194. NICTA course is an excellent follow-up as well and communicates what Functor, Applicative, and Monad are in a way that is unmistakable.

My detailed guide is here: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell

There's also the #haskell, #haskell-beginners, and #nicta-course IRC channels on Freenode if you'd like interactive help.

HTH,
Chris


On 08/26/2014 09:33 PM, Frank wrote:
About "Learn You a Haskell ...", is it My imagination or is chapter 11 absurdly long and/or thick? I can (and have) read a 100+ page U.S. Supreme Court ruling, readily understand it, and be able to explain it in plain English, with next to zero trouble. I spend every work day reading, parsing, interpreting, and using, the ISO C++ standard. I taught My undergraduate Physics IV class while simultaneously taking it. Yet, chapter 11 feels as if it goes on and on to the point I easily forget what I read just a few lines before, rendering comprehension of the same an almost Sisyphean task. Is it just Me? Am I just tired? Is there an alternative resource for understanding the concepts that particular chapter presents?

Sincerely,
Frank D. Martinez

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