What small tools/utils I can build with Haskell?

Question

I am new to FP and learning Haskell via "Programming in Haskell". I've reached the half way mark in the book and been doing all the exercises religiously. However, at this point I find myself loosing interest and think it would be better if I build some interesting[small] project where I can apply the concepts I've learned.

juxtapose · Accepted Answer

Seriously, anything. I use Haskell for any scripts, e.g. crawling web sites. (Python's position has been taken by Haskell in my toolbox.)
Surprisingly, a task as simple as web crawler can be related to so many concepts: regex, parsec, optics, conduit, concurrency, I/O...
The fun of programming Haskell is often you introduce a higher-level concept to your program to make it faster or more generalized, but the code gets shorter and more functional! Wish you a happy Haskell journey and find Haskell fun as much as I do. :-)

Liskni_si · Answer

Customize your desktop experience by trying xmonad.

ghostwriter · Answer

Build a tax calculator