Episode 35: Haskell

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Question: Does your (current or potential) job title matter?

News

• DOTA 2: The International
• http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/21/5923971/the-international-dota-2-TI4-champions-newbee-vici-vg-5-million
• New typescript compiler & moving to github
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/typescript/archive/2014/07/21/new-compiler-and-moving-to-github.aspx
• Oakland Mesh Network
• http://techpresident.com/news/25200/oakland-sudo-mesh-counter-censorship-digital-divide-mesh-net
• New Raspberry Pi B+
• http://www.raspberrypi.org/product/model-b-plus/

Book of the Show

• Jason:  Start With Why - Simon Sinek http://amzn.to/1uNg61I
• Patrick: Childhood’s End - Arthur C Clarke http://amzn.to/1s8Fmv

Tool of the Show

• Jason: Uber
• Patrick: Store Coupon Apps

Databases

• Features
• Functions as first-class citizens
• Pure/ No Side Effects
• Type system
• Static typing (Type is known at compile time)
• Hindley–Milner type inference (Overloading)
• Describe what types an expression can have
• Compute the type of an expression
• Monads
• Lazy Evaluation
• Resources
• Learn you a Haskell for great Good!
• http://learnyouahaskell.com/
• Learn Haskell fast and hard
• https://www.fpcomplete.com/school/to-infinity-and-beyond/pick-of-the-week/haskell-fast-hard