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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 install a Fortran compiler and set up a development 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

Online courses

Programming in Fortran course offered at the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum
PRACE Course: Advanced Fortran Topics
Kursmaterial für Wissenschaftliches Programmieren (Modern Fortran, 2017) from Bálint Aradi at Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science (German)
Formations Fortran Fortran course from beginner to expert level (French)
Modern Fortran Programming for Chemists and Physicists course by Pekka Manninen from University of Helsinki (includes coarrays)
Expressing Object-Oriented Concepts in Fortran90
Coarray tutorial by Thomas Koenig
Parallel Programming Workshop materials from the High-Performance Computing Center in Stuttgart
Programming in Modern Fortran by Philipp Engel
2018 Workshop on Fortran Modernization for Scientific Applications
Introduction to Programming using Fortran 95/2003/2008
Scientific Programing and Numerical Computation course by Wu-ting Tsai from National Taiwan University
Introduction to Modern Fortran course given by Nick Maclaren from the University of Cambridge Computing Service, derived from a course by Steve Morgan from the University of Liverpool
User Notes on Fortran Programming (UNFP)
Designing and Building Parallel Programs by Ian Foster, contains descriptions of several non-standard Fortran dialects like Fortran M and High Performance Fortran)
Parallel programming with Fortran 2008 and 2018 coarrays course by Anton Shterenlikht from the University of Bristol
Professional Programmer's Guide to Fortran77 by Clive G. Page, University of Leicester, UK
Fortran90 for Fortran77 Programmers by Clive G. Page
Introduction to Computer Programming Using Fortran 95 training materials from ARCHER, the UK National Supercomputing Service
Combining Object-Oriented Techniques with Co-arrays in Fortran 2008 by Robert W. Numrich
Parallel programming in Fortran with Coarrays by John Reid
Introduction to Co-Array Fortran by Robert W. Numrich
Fortran 90 for the Fortran 77 Programmer by Bo Einarsson and Yurij Shokin
Fortran Tutorial older tutorial by Erik Boman, Stanford University
Fortran 90 Tutorial older tutorial by Paul Hargrove and Sarah Whitlock, Stanford University
Fortran 90 Tutorial by C.-K. Shene, Michigan Technologial University
Exploring Modern Fortran Basics by Milan Curcic, excerpt (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) from Modern Fortran - Building Efficient Parallel Applications

In print

Fehr, H. and Kindermann, F.. 2020. Introduction to Computational Economics Using Fortran . 1st ed. Oxford, UK. Oxford Universtiy Press
Curcic, M.. 2020. Modern Fortran: Building Efficient Parallel Applications . 1st ed. Shelter Island, NY. Manning Publications
Ray, S.. 2019. Fortran 2018 with Parallel Programming . 1st ed. . Chapman and Hall/CRC
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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