1 `functorrent' is a bittorrent client.
6 I suggest using cabal sandbox.
11 2. cabal install --only-dependencies
12 3. cabal build # binaries in ./dist/built/functorrent/*
17 - Become more profient with Haskell.
18 - Implement something non-trivial with Haskell (crypto, file operations, network
19 operations, concurrency, bit twiddling, DHT).
20 - Follow the spec - https://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification
21 - Easy for newbies like me to read and understand along side the spec.
22 - doctest and quickcheck tests.
23 - Follow Haskell Style Guide - https://github.com/tibbe/haskell-style-guide/blob/master/haskell-style.md
28 - decode torrent files (bencoding)
29 - talk to the tracker and get the peer list
35 - Get the file download working in the simplest possible way.
36 - Concurrency (threads per peer)
37 - other advanced features of Bit Torrent (like DHT).