The Haskell eXchange 2013

The Haskell eXchnage 2013 #haskellx

Welcome to the live blog for the Haskell eXchange 2013! The Skills Matter team will be busy tweeting, Facebooking, blogging and Skillscasting the event throughout the day. If you’re at the eXchange, you can find us at the back of the room – come say hi, or give us a shout using #haskellx!


5.18pm
OK folks, that’s about it from us at the Haskell eXchange 2013. The Park Bench discussion is now starting, and the delegates are enjoying some welcome beer and pizza after a fantastic days of talks and discussion.

Many thanks to all of our speakers – Simon Peyton Jones, Neil Mitchell, Adam Bergmark, Andres Loh, Gracjan Polak, Bas van Dijk, Simon Marlow and all of the delegates who contributed and attended.

All of the Skillscasts (film, code, slides) are available on the website. If you would like to join in the conversation, you can do using the #HaskellX hashtag on Twitter.

Thank you once again for making the event such a success, and we’ll see you again in 2014!

The Skills Matter team.


3.21pm
The Skillscast (film/code/slides) of Gracjan Polak’s talk ‘Embedded Domain Specific Languages at Scrive’ is now available over on the Skills Matter website.


2.48pm
The Skillscast (film/code/slides) from Andres Loh’s talk ‘Monads for Free!’ is now available on the website!


2.43pm

Gracjan Polak speaking at the Haskell eXchange 2013

Gracjan Polak is just finishing up his very interesting talk on Embedded Domain Specific Languages at Scrive. Pictures from throughout the event will be available at the end of the day on our Facebook and Google+ pages.


1.06pm
Andres Loh is now kicking off the afternoon with his talk ‘Monads for free!‘. Adam Bergmark’s talk from earlier on compiling Haskell to JavaScript using Fay is now also available as a Skillscast (film/code/slides) on our website.


12.01pm

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11.45am
Now live on the Skills Matter website! Skillscast (film, code, slides) of Neil Mitchell’s talk this morning on why everyone should use a Generics Library – writing HLint with Uniplate. Watch it now on the Skills Matter website.


11.24am
A big welcome now to Adam Bergmark, talking on Compiling Haskell to JavaScript with FAY.
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10.53am
The Skillscast (film, code, slides) from Simon Peyton Jones’ talk ‘Lenses: Compositional Data Access and Manipulation’ is now live on the Skills Matter website!


10.20am
Neil Mitchell is now talking at the Haskell eXchange on why everyone should use a Generics Library- writing HLint with Uniplate
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09.25am
After Simon’s talk, we’ll be having a quick break for tea and coffee before Neill Mitchell talks on why everyone should use a generics library. During the break, come and see our social media team at the back of the hall, and you can grab your free one-year subscription to the OSJ by signing up to our newsletter!


09.10am
Simon Peyton Jones has kicked off Haskell 2013 with a fantastic talk on ‘Lenses: Compositional Data Access and Manipulation’
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08.40am
A big Good Morning to all Haskell 2013 attendees and all those following the action online. Keep an eye on the blog and our twitter feed for the latest updates!

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