What Does Functional Programming Mean?

Slides for a talk on functional programming.

To get started, perform the following:

• Rename docbook-document.iml to yourproject.iml
• Edit .idea/modules.xml and change to yourproject.iml
• Edit bin/pdfx and change to yourproject
• Edit bin/allx and change to yourproject
• Edit .ghci and change to yourproject
• Edit Build.hs and change to yourproject
• Edit README.markdown for notes specific to your project.

Setting up

• The following executables must the available on the PATH

  • java
  • rsync
  • wget
  • xsltproc
  • aspell
  • xmllint
  • tar

• The following packages must be installed from Haskell hackage

  • FilePather
  • MissingH

• Docbook 4.5 catalog files must be installed

Ubuntu/Debian shortcut for setting up

Run this command to get started:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk ghc6 cabal-install rsync wget xsltproc docbook-xml aspell libxml2-utils tar && cabal update && cabal install cabal-install && cabal install FilePather && cabal install MissingH