FI:IB016 Seminar on Func. Programming - Course Information

IB016 Seminar on Functional Programming

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Martin Jonáš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Adam Matoušek (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Šárník (assistant)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Martin Jonáš, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Supplier department: Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable of Seminar Groups

IB016/01: Tue 17. 2. to Tue 12. 5. Tue 10:00–11:50 C122, M. Jonáš
IB016/02: Thu 19. 2. to Thu 14. 5. Thu 18:00–19:50 C121, A. Matoušek

Prerequisites

IB015 Non-Imperative Programming
Pre-requisities for enrolling in the course are to be familiar with Haskell in the scope of the IB015 Non-Imperative Programming course and to have a positive attitude towards functional programming.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 48 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 46/48, only registered: 34/48, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 34/48

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Abstract

Students will significantly extend their knowledge of functional programming. At the end of the course, they should be able to solve non-trivial programming problems using Haskell and be familiar with practical use of this functional language.

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course, the student will be able to:
— write a Haskell program with approximatelly 100 to 200 lines;
— perform analysis and functional decompisition of given problem;
— use supportive tools for Haskell developers such as the Cabal package manager, the Hackage package repository, the HLint linter, and the QuickCheck testing framework;
— describe theoretical functional concepts;
— have an idea about some more advanced functional techniques used in practice.

Key topics

• Advanced syntax, modules, custom type classes, advanced data structures.
• Package system (Hackage/Stackage), support tools (Cabal, HLint, Haddock).
• Functors, applicative functors, monads.
• Automatic generation of tests according to program specification (QuickCheck).
• Input and output in Haskell, processing errors and exceptions (Maybe, Either, exceptions, error states).
• Semigroups, monoids, the Foldable and Traversable classes.
• Evaluation strategies (laziness vs. strictness).
• Monadic parsing (Parsec).
• Monads for shared writing, shared reading and keeping the state (Writer, Reader, State).
• Monad transformers (MaybeT, ErrorT).
• Processing strings and other useful GHC extensions.
• Haskell in real world projects.

Study resources and literature

• LIPOVAČA, Miran. Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide. First Edition. San Francisco, CA, USA: No Starch Press, 2011, 400 pp. ISBN 978-1-59327-283-8. URL info
• O'SULLIVAN, Bryan; John GOERZEN and Don STEWART. Real World Haskell. First Edition. O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009, 670 pp. ISBN 978-0-596-51498-3. URL info

Bookmarks

https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FI:IB016!

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Seminars combining lecture and individual programming work; homework.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

In order to successful completion of the course, it is necessary to obtain enough points from homework assignments. The attendance of seminars is not compulsory, but highly recommended.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• IA014 Advanced Functional Programming

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1433/jaro2023/IB016/index.qwarp

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