Resources for Learning OCaml Concepts

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I’m taking a software engineering course called Abstraction and Design in Computing (CSCI E-51 or CS51) this semester. The class teaches functional programming concepts using the language OCaml among other topics. One of the things that makes this a difficult class so far is the lack of online documentation and discussion of the language.

In fact, that is the reason for this post.

I wanted to provide a list of resources that I’ve found useful in learning OCaml so hopefully they are useful to others as well. I’ll continue to update this list as I find more resources.

Books

• Real World OCaml (free, as in beer)

Sites

• OCaml.org
• Cornell Course 3110 — Data Structures and Functional Programming
• OCaml Pro Lessons
• Using, Understanding, and Unraveling the OCaml Language: From Practice to Theory and Vice Versa
• CodeFights.com

Videos

• Westly Weimer’s Hour Long Discussion on OCaml and Debugging
• Noureddin Sadawi’s YouTube series on OCaml
• Yaron Minsky’s Talk @ Jane Street Entitled Why OCaml?