Further Reading

Activity

If you want to continue learning, using and practising APL but don't have a particular goal in mind, here are some things you can do now.

• Enjoy understanding articles on the APL Wiki. See how to generate the APL Wiki logo as an svg.

• Try to solve problems from the APL Problem Solving Competition. Many of the past Phase I (simple) problems can be tried with instant feedback on problems.tryapl.org.

• There are many similar problem solving sites. Trying to solve these in APL is an excellent way to test and improve your skills.

  • Project Euler
  • Rosalind.info
  • Code Golf Stack Exchange
  • Rosetta Code
  • LeetCode
  • Perl Weekly Challenge

• Drill yourself on APL idiom knowledge with the APLcart quiz.

• Explore the language, don't forget the language bar and basic help, summarised here:
  • Dyalog Documentation Centre
  • Dyalog Online Help
  • Dyalog Forums
  • Stack Overflow
  • The APL Orchard

Media

We strongly recommend that you spend some time on a regular basis reading, watching, listening and exploring the existing APL media. As a language with a rich history, there have been a huge number of conferences, published papers and presentations where users and implementors discuss their activities and achievements.

• Dyalog.TV
• The Array Cast Podcast
• The Vector Journal of the British APL Association
• APL Quote Quad
• APL Conferences
• Dyalog User Meetings
• SIGAPL
• Code Report videos featuring APL
• Rodrigo's YouTube channel
• Videos by the late great John Scholes, inventor of dfns