+Aim+ +There is already quite good documentation available for users to learn +how to interact with Isabelle and to use it for proving +theorems (see here). +However, the entry barrier for users to program on the ML-level of Isabelle +is still unbearably high. In this project we want to change this state +of affairs by providing a tutorial about ML-coding in Isabelle. The +German Research Council has provided us with €26,000 to be spend +over the next three years on this project. We invite the Isabelle community to +participate in this project and benefit from the money (and of course +also to reap the benefits from the better documentation). ++ +The main aim is to generate a tutorial for people who want to have +a look under the hood of Isabelle. At its centre it describes the +implementation of a simple prototypical Isabelle package (we describe +a simplified version of the inductive package). We hope by +documenting every aspect of this package that in the future you will +be able to modify, extend and adapt this package for your own purposes, +see how developers code in Isabelle and understand better Isabelle's +idiosyncrasies. As a result you will be able to quickly produce code +for your own needs and will be able to participate in keeping Isabelle +alive in the long run. + + +Specific topics of the tutorial we have not yet covered: + + +
+ +Please help us to expand on this list. + + We need You+ +We need help for accomplishing this tutorial. If you are familiar with the ML-level of +Isabelle, then we can offer money in order that you write small parts of +this documentation. Please get in contact with us (see addresses below). If you +are not familiar, but like to know more about the bits and pieces that make +up the Isabelle code, then let us know what you are interested in or what +project you like to implement. Above all we like to help future users and +developers of Isabelle; we do not want to end up with some "artificial documentation" +that is of nobody's help. Also proofreading and feedback would be most +appreciated. + +People to contact+ +The project is managed by + +
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+isabelle-dev@mailbroy.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
+ + + Repository+ +A preliminary +repository +is available and you are very welcome to contribute to it. The current draft of the tutorial is here. + +Stable Version+ +There is no real stable version of the Programming Tutorial yet. If you need a version +that is guaranteed to work with Isabelle 2009, then please get in touch with me +(urbanc at in tum de). + + +What early readers said:+ + +The tutorial really is quite nice. (Jeremy Avigad, CMU, 2011) + + ++ +By the way, thanks for the Isabelle Cookbook, it's really helpful to +start with Isabelle/ML. (Mathieu Giorgino, 2011) + + + + +Great! This seems to have a lot of the missing pieces I couldn't find +in the tutorial and reference manual. (Kevin Van Horn, 2011) + + + + +I've been fighting for hours trying to derive some theorems automatically, +until Florian told me I should try using conversions and then I read the Cookbook +section and it solved my problem. The example with abs_conv in particular was +particularly illuminating. Thanks! (Jasmin Blanchette, TU Munich, 2010) + + + + The cook book seems really helpful, if not even exactly what I need. +(Nils Jähnig, FU Berlin, 2010) + + +The Programming Tutorial has helped me tremendously to get familiar with +Isabelle, which I used in my bachelor thesis about the type-inference algorithm +in Isabelle. (Dmitriy Traytel, TU Munich, 2010) + + +I've already pointed a couple of PhD students at the programming tutorial, and +they've already found it to be a great place to start with Isabelle +programming. (Lucas Dixon, University of Edinburgh, 2009) + + +The Isabelle Programming Tutorial is great! I finally learned how to add +new keywords and how to parse outer syntax! (Amine Chaieb, University of Cambridge) + + +I felt the programming tutorial was very clear and comprehensible. I'm +toying with actually getting back to Isabelle again. Thanks to +everyone involved in the documentation project. I really think it +is worthwhile. (Tom Ridge, University of Cambridge, 2009) + + +I learned from the tutorial how to deal with fresh variables and also which function to use +for applying substitutions that are generated by unification. +(Lukas Bulwahn, TU Munich, 2009) + + + What a great resource! I wish I'd had this when I wrote my first +parser in December 2008. +(Timothy Bourke, UNSW Sydney, 2009) + + |
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