Get Programming with F#: A Guide for .NET Developers
- 8h 32m
- Isaac Abraham
- Manning Publications
- 2018
Summary
Get Programming with F#: A guide for .NET Developers shows you how to upgrade your .NET development skills by adding a touch of functional programming in F#. In just 43 bite-sized chunks, you'll learn how to use F# to tackle the most common .NET programming tasks. Examples use the familiar Visual Studio environment, so you'll be instantly comfortable. Packed with enlightening examples, real-world use cases, and plenty of easy-to-digest code, this easy-to-follow tutorial will make you wonder why you didn't pick up F# years ago! Forewords by Dustin Campbell of Microsoft and Tomas Petricek of fsharpWorks.
About the Technology
Your .NET applications need to be good for the long haul. F#'s unique blend of functional and imperative programming is perfect for writing code that performs flawlessly now and keeps running as your needs grow and change. It takes a little practice to master F#'s functional-first style, so you may as well get programming!
About the Book
Get Programming with F#: A guide for .NET developers teaches F# through 43 example-based lessons with built-in exercises so you can learn the only way that really works: by practicing. The book upgrades your .NET skills with a touch of functional programming in F#. You'll pick up core FP principles and learn techniques for iron-clad reliability and crystal clarity. You'll discover productivity techniques for coding F# in Visual Studio, functional design, and integrating functional and OO code.
What's Inside
- Learn how to write bug-free programs
- Turn tedious common tasks into quick and easy ones
- Use minimal code to work with JSON, CSV, XML, and HTML data
- Integrate F# with your existing C# and VB.NET applications
- Create web-enabled applications
About the Reader
Written for intermediate C# and Visual Basic .NET developers. No experience with F# is assumed.
About the Author
Isaac Abraham is an experienced .NET developer and trainer. He's an F# MVP for his contributions to the .NET community.
In this Book
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Foreword
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About This Book
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Welcome to Get Programming with F#!
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The Visual Studio Experience
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Creating Your First F# Program
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The REPL—Changing How We Develop
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Saying a Little, Doing a Lot
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Trusting the Compiler
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Working with Immutable Data
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Expressions and Statements
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Capstone 1
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Shaping Data with Tuples
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Shaping Data with Records
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Building Composable Functions
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Organizing Code without Classes
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Achieving Code Reuse in F#
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Capstone 2
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Working with Collections in F#
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Useful Collection Functions
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Maps, Dictionaries, and Sets
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Folding Your Way to Success
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Capstone 3
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Program Flow in F#
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Modeling Relationships in F#
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Fixing the Billion-Dollar Mistake
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Business Rules as Code
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Capstone 4
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Consuming C# from F#
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Working with NuGet Packages
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Exposing F# Types and Functions to C#
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Architecting Hybrid Language Applications
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Capstone 5
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Introducing Type Providers
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Building Schemas from Live Data
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Working with SQL
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Creating Type Provider-Backed APIs
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Using Type Providers in the Real World
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Capstone 6
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Asynchronous Workflows
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Exposing Data over HTTP
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Consuming HTTP Data
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Capstone 7
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Unit Testing in F#
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Property-Based Testing in F#
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Web Testing
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Capstone 8
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Basic F# Syntax, Types, and Functions
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Discriminated Unions, Pattern Matching, and Lists
