Comment by simonmic

It's not just you. There are a ton of resources of different kinds and freshness, and they're hard for a newcomer to find and evaluate quickly, so luck enters into it. Please also try: https://joyful.com/Haskell+minimap

The tools are a bit complex due to the long history and the design choices of other tools, beginning with GHC. Often they are understood only partially, or they are too hard to write about clearly and teach/learn quickly, or they have failure modes that haskellers navigate instinctively but newcomers without support get stuck on.

Like shae I recommend keeping a haskell chat room handy for quick tips, but don't get too sidetracked. The IRC channel has a greater tendency toward intricate language discussions than the matrix room.

ghcup is a good tools manager; stack can also install tools, and has better support for Windows.