https://guide.aelve.com/haskell/feed/category/o475ukpu2016-09-06T13:19:39Zraq55hoj2016-09-06T13:19:39Z<h1> <a href="https://haskell-lang.org" class="item-name">haskell-lang.org</a> </h1><p>A page designed to replace Haskell.org, from the FPComplete folks:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://haskell-lang.org/get-started">A “getting started” guide for Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="https://haskell-lang.org/libraries">A good list of recommended libraries</a></li> <li><a href="https://haskell-lang.org/documentation">A list of books, tutorials and online courses</a> (many tutorials written specially for haskell-lang.org)</li> <li><a href="https://haskell-lang.org/community">A list of online communities, Haskell conferences, etc</a></li> </ul> <h2>Pros</h2><ul></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul></ul>mzw1gpx72016-05-05T21:30:28Z<h1> <a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Applications_and_libraries#Haskell_applications_and_libraries" class="item-name">Haskell wiki</a> </h1><p>Lots of lists of libraries/tools, with descriptions. Unfortunately, Haskell wiki has been more-or-less abandoned by now.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Editable by anyone.</li></p><p><li>Actually lists lots of obscure libraries that you won't find described elsewhere.</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>Mostly outdated.</li></p><p><li>Omits many popular topics.</li></p></ul>bh3vitki2016-05-05T21:07:51Z<h1> <a href="http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/" class="item-name">What I Wish I Knew When Learning Haskell</a> </h1><p>A list by <a href="http://www.stephendiehl.com/">Stephen Diehl</a>, and it's not really a list but more like a giant file with notes on Haskell concepts, tooling, and libraries. Has lots and lots of examples.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Lists examples and code samples for everything.</li></p><p><li>Doesn't limit itself to libraries. At all.</li></p><p><li>Has a <a href="http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/#other-languages">comparison of Haskell to popular programming languages</a>.</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>Omits some important topics (e.g. web frameworks, or lenses).</li></p></ul>ngvuvt9i2016-05-05T21:05:33Z<h1> <a href="https://github.com/Gabriel439/post-rfc/blob/master/sotu.md" class="item-name">State of the Haskell ecosystem</a> </h1><p>A much, much, much longer list by <a href="http://www.haskellforall.com/">Gabriel Gonzalez</a>, an engineer at Twitter and the author of <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pipes">pipes</a> (and lots of popular posts about Haskell).</p> <ul> <li>Good if you want to know what Haskell is good/bad at.</li> <li>Good if you want lists of packages without filler from Hackage.</li> <li>Not so good if you're trying to compare libraries.</li> </ul> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Compares Haskell with other languages (“best in class for compilers”, “immature for game programming”, etc).</li></p><p><li>Gives lists of libraries and provides some comments on them.</li></p><p><li>Gives links to tutorials / educational resources.</li></p><p><li>Has <a href="https://github.com/Gabriel439/post-rfc/blob/master/sotu.md#education">book recommendations</a>, too.</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>Only gives you one-line descriptions when there are several choices for a library.</li></p></ul>naoojvc72016-05-05T21:05:26Z<h1> <a href="https://haskelliseasy.readthedocs.io" class="item-name">Haskell is easy</a> </h1><p>A list by <a href="http://bitemyapp.com/">Chris Allen</a>, the author of <a href="http://haskellbook.com/">Haskellbook</a> and <a href="https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell">Learn Haskell</a> and generally a well-known Haskeller.</p> <p>Doesn't attempt to compare anything, just gives you 1–2 recommendations in each category. Sort of like “reasonable defaults for Haskellers”.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Short; usable as quick reference.</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>No comparisons, which is bad if you're overanxious about choosing the <em>best</em> library for your task, as opposed to “good enough”.</li></p></ul>i6ttmhpn2016-05-05T20:48:42Z<h1> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/" class="item-name">Hackage</a> </h1><p>Haskell's official package repository. Has categories, tags, and package descriptions. Not really helpful when it comes to choosing what library to use.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Shows download counts, which is at least <em>some</em> kind of metric for package popularity. (There's a <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/top">list of most downloaded packages</a> too.)</li></p><p><li>You can vote for libraries.</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>The categories are huge, unwieldy, and not very helpful.</li></p><p><li>Voting for libraries does nothing, so pretty much nobody votes.</li></p></ul>