Title: Programming F# 3.0: A Comprehensive Guide for Writing Simple Code to Solve Complex Problems
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1449320295
ISBN 13: 9781449320294
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Why learn F#? With this guide, you'll learn how this multi-paradigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, but also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. You'll quickly discover the many advantages of the language, including access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET platform.

Reap the benefits of functional programming for your next project, whether you're writing concurrent code, or building data- or math-intensive applications. With this comprehensive book, former F# team member Chris Smith gives you a head start on the fundamentals and walks you through advanced concepts of the F# language.

Learn F#'s unique characteristics for building applications
Gain a solid understanding of F#'s core syntax, including object-oriented and imperative styles
Make your object-oriented code better by applying functional programming patterns
Use advanced functional techniques, such as tail-recursion and computation expressions
Take advantage of multi-core processors with asynchronous workflows and parallel programming
Use new type providers for interacting with web services and information-rich environments
Learn how well F# works as a scripting language

About the Author

Chris Smith works at Microsoft on the F# team. His role as a software design engineer in test gives him a unique mastery of the F# language. Chris has a masters degree in computer science from the University of Washington. You can read his blog, Chris Smith's Complete Unique View, at http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith/.

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