Getting started with Haskell

Answer 1

I enjoyed watching this 13 episode series on Functional Programming using Haskell.

C9 Lectures: Dr. Erik Meijer - Functional Programming Fundamentals: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Lecture-Series-Erik-Meijer-Functional-Programming-Fundamentals-Chapter-1/

Answer 2

Some colleague of mine had good experience with Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!.

Tutorial aimed at people who have experience in imperative programming languages but haven't programmed in a functional language before.

And check the answers here too

Answer 3

I can additionally recommend Yet Another Haskell Tutorial as an introduction.

Another good learning resource (probably on the intermediate level), which has helped me a lot and hasn't been mentioned in the other answers as far as I can see, is Brent Yorgey's Typeclassopedia, which can be found in The Monad Reader (Issue 13)

It is written in a very accessible style and contains (among many other things), the following introductory advice:

There are two keys to an expert Haskell hacker’s wisdom:

1. Understand the types.

2. Gain a deep intuition for each type class and its relationship to other type classes, backed up by familiarity with many examples.

The Monad Reader itself is an absolute treasure trove for functional programmers (not only Haskell programmers).

Answer 4

I do think that realizing Haskell's feature by examples is the best way to start above all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_98_features

Here is tricky typeclasses including monads and arrows

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Typeclassopedia

for real world problems and bigger project, remember these tags: GHC(most used compiler), Hackage(libraryDB), Cabal(building system), darcs(another building system).

A integrated system can save your time: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/

the package database for this system: http://hackage.haskell.org/

GHC compiler's wiki: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC

After Haskell_98_features and Typeclassopedia, I think you already can find and read the documention about them yourself

By the way, you may want to test some GHC's languages extension which may be a part of haskell standard in the future.

this is my best way for learning haskell. i hope it can help you.

Answer 5

These are my favorite

Haskell: Functional Programming with Types

Joeri van Eekelen, et al. | Wikibooks
       Published in 2012, 597 pages

Real World Haskell

   B. O'Sullivan, J. Goerzen, D. Stewart | OReilly Media, Inc.
   Published in 2008, 710 pages

Answer 6

If you only have experience with imperative/OO languages, I suggest using a more conventional functional language as a stepping stone. Haskell is really different and you have to understand a lot of different concepts to get anywhere. I suggest tackling a ML-style language (like e.g. F#) first.