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Expert F# 2.0

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  • 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.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Introduction

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 1-5
  3. Getting Started with F# and .NET

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 7-24
  4. Creating Your First F# Program— Introducing Functional Programming

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 25-66
  5. Introducing Imperative Programming

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 67-96
  6. Mastering Types and Generics

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 97-122
  7. Working with Objects and Modules

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 123-152
  8. Encapsulating and Packaging Your Code

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 153-173
  9. Mastering F#: Common Techniques

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 175-205
  10. Introducing Language-Oriented Programming

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 207-248
  11. Using the F# and .NET Libraries

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 249-269
  12. Building Graphical User Interfaces

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 271-320
  13. Working with Symbolic Representations

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 321-354
  14. Reactive, Asynchronous, and Parallel Programming

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 355-389
  15. Building Smart Web Applications

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 391-434
  16. Chapter 15]Working with Data

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 435-461
  17. Lexing and Parsing

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 463-489
  18. Interoperating with C and COM

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 491-521
  19. Debugging and Testing F# Programs

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 523-543
  20. Designing F# Libraries

    • Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino
    Pages 545-561

About this book

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!

About the authors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Expert F# 2.0

  • Authors: Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino

  • Editors: Clay Andres, Steve Anglin, Mark Beckner, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, Michelle Lowman, Matthew Moodie, Duncan Parkes, Jeffrey Pepper, Frank Pohlmann, Douglas Pundick, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh, Anita Castro, Tiffany Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2432-7

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Don Syme and Adam Granicz and Antonio Cisternino 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-2431-0Published: 01 June 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-2432-7Published: 22 April 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 624

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Buy it now

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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