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Quickstart Fortran Tutorial

An introduction to the Fortran syntax and its capabilities

Building programs

How to use the compiler to build an executable program

Setting up your OS

How to setup a Fortran developement environment in Windows, Linux and macOS.

Other Resources

On the web

Fortran wiki A rich collection of Fortran articles and resources in an editable wiki format
Fortran 90 org Fortran Best Practices guide, Python/Fortran Rosetta Stone, Fortran FAQ
Fortran 2018 Standard Interpretation Document J3/18-007r1 F2018, specification of the base Fortran 2018 language
J3 Fortran Proposals a repository for community collaboration on proposals for the Fortran Standards Committee
J3: US Fortran Standards Committee J3 is the US National Body for the international Fortran standards committee
WG5: International Fortran Standards Committe
Scivision Fortran 2018 Examples A github repository containing code samples for various Fortran 2018 features
Doctor Fortran Blog A collection of posts on interesting or little-understood aspects of the Fortran language

In print

Curcic, M.. 2020. Modern Fortran: Building Efficient Parallel Applications . 1st ed. Shelter Island, NY. Manning Publications
Numrich, R. W.. 2018. Parallel Programming with Co-arrays . 1st ed. New York. Chapman and Hall/CRC
Chapman, S. J.. 2018. Fortran for Scientists and Engineers . 4th ed. New York. McGraw-Hill Education
Chivers, I. and Sleightholme, J.. 2018. Introduction to Programming with Fortran . 4th ed. . Springer International Publishing
Metcalf, M., Reid, J. and Cohen, M.. 2018. Modern Fortran Explained . 5th ed. Oxford, UK. Oxford Universtiy Press
Chirila, D. B., and Lohmann, G.. 2015. Introduction to Modern Fortran for the Earth System Sciences . 1st ed. Berlin. Springer-Verlag
Brainerd, W. S.. 2015. Guide to Fortran 2008 Programming . 1st ed. London. Springer-Verlag
Rouson, D., Xia, J., and Xiaofeng, X.. 2014. Scientific Software Design: The Object-Oriented Way . 2nd ed. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
Hanson, R. J. and Hopkins, T.. 2013. Numerical Computing with Modern Fortran . 1st ed. Philadelphia. SIAM
Markus, A.. 2012. Modern Fortran in Practice . 1st ed. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press
Clerman, N. S. and Spector, W.. 2011. Modern Fortran: Style and Usage . 1st ed. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
McCormack, D.. 2009. Scientific Software Development with Fortran . 1st ed. . Lulu Press
Oliveira, S. and Steward, D.. 2006. Writing Scientific Software: A Guide to Good Style . 1st ed. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
Akin, E.. 2003. Object-Oriented Programming via Fortran 90/95 . 1st ed. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
Kernighan, B. and Pike, R.. 1999. The Practice of Programming . 1st ed. Reading. Addison-Wesley Professional

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