Expert F# 2.0

Expert F# 2.0 is about practical programming in a beautiful language that puts the power and elegance of functional programming into the hands of professional developers. In combination with .NET, F# achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity.

Expert F# 2.0 is

• The authoritative guide to F# by the inventor of F#
• A comprehensive reference of F# concepts, syntax, and features
• A treasury of expert F# techniques for practical, real-world programming

F# isn't just another functional programming language. It's a general-purpose language ideal for real-world development. F# seamlessly integrates functional, imperative, and object-oriented programming styles so you can flexibly and elegantly solve any programming problem. Whatever your background, you’ll find that F# is easy to learn, fun to use, and extraordinarily powerful. F# will change the way you think about–and go about–programming.

Written by F#'s inventor and two major contributors to its development, Expert F# 2.0 is the authoritative, comprehensive, and in-depth guide to the language and its use. Designed to help others become experts, the first part of the book quickly yet carefully describes the F# language. The second part then shows how to use F# elegantly for a wide variety of practical programming tasks.

The world's foremost experts in F# show you how to program in F# the way they do!

Getting Started with F# and .NET.- Creating Your First F# Program— Introducing Functional Programming.- Introducing Imperative Programming.- Mastering Types and Generics.- Working with Objects and Modules.- Encapsulating and Packaging Your Code.- Mastering F#: Common Techniques.- Introducing Language-Oriented Programming.- Using the F# and .NET Libraries.- Building Graphical User Interfaces.- Working with Symbolic Representations.- Reactive, Asynchronous, and Parallel Programming.- Building Smart Web Applications.- 15]Working with Data.- Lexing and Parsing.- Interoperating with C and COM.- Debugging and Testing F# Programs.- Designing F# Libraries.

strongDon Syme/strong is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, and the main designer of F#. Since joining Microsoft Research in 1998, he has been a seminal contributor to a wide variety of leading-edge projects, including generics in C# and the .NET Common Language Runtime, F# itself, F# asynchronous programming and units of measure in F#. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in 1999.