
- 592 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Summary
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. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. 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! 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. Table of Contents
Unit 1 - F# AND VISUAL STUDIO
Lesson 1 - The Visual Studio experience
Lesson 2 - Creating your first F# program
Lesson 3 - The REPL-changing how we develop
Unit 2 - HELLO F#
Lesson 4 - Saying a little, doing a lot
Lesson 5 - Trusting the compiler
Lesson 6 - Working with immutable data
Lesson 7 - Expressions and statements
Lesson 8 Capstone 1
Unit 3 - TYPES AND FUNCTIONS
Lesson 9 - Shaping data with tuples
Lesson 10 - Shaping data with records
Lesson 11 - Building composable functions
Lesson 12 - Organizing code without classes
Lesson 13 - Achieving code reuse in F#
Lesson 14 - Capstone 2
Unit 4 - COLLECTIONS IN F#
Lesson 15 - Working with collections in F#
Lesson 16 - Useful collection functions
Lesson 17 - Maps, dictionaries, and sets
Lesson 18 - Folding your way to success
Lesson 19 - Capstone 3
Unit 5 - THE PIT OF SUCCESS WITH THE F# TYPE SYSTEM
Lesson 20 - Program flow in F#
Lesson 21 - Modeling relationships in F#
Lesson 22 - Fixing the billion-dollar mistake
Lesson 23 - Business rules as code
Lesson 24 - Capstone 4
Unit 6 - LIVING ON THE.NET PLATFORM
Lesson 25 - Consuming C# from F#
Lesson 26 - Working with NuGet packages
Lesson 27 - Exposing F# types and functionsto C#
Lesson 28 - Architecting hybrid language applications
Lesson 29 - Capstone 5
Unit 7 - WORKING WITH DATA
Lesson 30 - Introducing type providers
Lesson 31 - Building schemas from live data
Lesson 32 - Working with SQL
Lesson 33 - Creating type provider-backed APIs
Lesson 34 - Using type providers in the real world
Lesson 35 - Capstone 6
Unit 8 - WEB PROGRAMMING
Lesson 36 - Asynchronous workflows
Lesson 37 - Exposing data over HTTP
Lesson 38 - Consuming HTTP data
Lesson 39 - Capstone 7
Unit 9 - UNIT TESTING
Lesson 40 - Unit testing in F#
Lesson 41 - Property-based testing in F#
Lesson 42 - Web testing
Lesson 43 - Capstone 8
Unit 10 - WHERE NEXT?
Appendix A - The F# community
Appendix B - F# in my organization
Appendix C - Must-visit F# resources
Appendix D - Must-have F# libraries
Appendix E - Other F# language feature
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Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this book
- About the author
- Welcome to Get Programming with F#!
- Unit 1. F# and Visual Studio
- Unit 2. Hello F#
- Unit 3. Types and functions
- Unit 4. Collections in F#
- Unit 5. The pit of success with the F# type system
- Unit 6. Living on the .NET platform
- Unit 7. Working with data
- Unit 8. Web programming
- Unit 9. Unit testing
- Unit 10. Where next?
- Basic F# syntax, types, and functions
- Discriminated unions, pattern matching, and lists
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings