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Stylish F# 6

Crafting Elegant Functional Code for .NET 6

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Authors:
  1. Kit Eason

    1. Farnham, Surrey, UK

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  • The most practical guide yet to succeeding with F# in the real world
  • Written for developers to take the F# programming experience beyond syntax and into design
  • Provides supporting visuals and examples for every assertion

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. The Sense of Style

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 1-9

  3. Designing Functions Using Types

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 11-27

  4. Missing Data

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 29-60

  5. Working Effectively with Collection Functions

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 61-98

  6. Immutability and Mutation

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 99-122

  7. Pattern Matching

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 123-163

  8. Record Types

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 165-203

  9. Classes

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 205-252

  10. Programming with Functions

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 253-274

  11. Asynchronous and Parallel Programming

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 275-309

  12. Railway Oriented Programming

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 311-336

  13. Performance

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 337-381

  14. Layout and Naming

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 383-407

  15. Summary

    • Kit Eason
    Pages 409-416

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 417-422
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About this book

Why just get by in F# when you can program in style. This book goes beyond syntax and into design. It provides F# developers with best practices, guidance, and advice to write beautiful, maintainable, and correct code. This second edition, fully updated for .NET 6 and F# 6, includes all new coverage of anonymous records, the task {} computation expression, and the relationship between types and modules.

Stylish F# 6 covers every design decision that a developer makes in constructing F# programs, helping you make the most educated and valuable design choices at every stage of code development. You will learn about the design of types and function signatures, the benefits of immutability, and the uses of partial function application. You will understand best practices for writing APIs to be used by F#, C#, and other languages. Each carefully vetted design choice is supported with compelling examples, illustrations, and rationales.


What You Will Learn

  • Know why, when, and how to code in immutable style
  • Use collection functions, piping, and function composition to build working software quickly
  • Be aware of the techniques available to bring error handling into the mainstream of program logic
  • Optimize F# code for maximum performance
  • Identify and implement opportunities to use function injection to improve program design
  • Appreciate the methods available to handle unknown data values
  • Understand asynchronous and parallel programming in F#, and how it differs from C# asynchronous programming
  • Exploit records and anonymous records as low-overhead, easily comparable containers for structured data


Who This Book Is For

Any developer who writes F# code and wants to write it better

Authors and Affiliations

  • Farnham, Surrey, UK

    Kit Eason

About the author

Kit Eason is a software developer and educator with more than 20 years of experience. He has been programming in F# since 2011 and is employed at Perpetuum Ltd., working on an extensive network of energy-harvesting vibration sensors fitted to railway rolling stock and infrastructure. Kit is an avid F# user who is passionate about teaching others. He has contributed to several publications, including Apress books Beginning F# and F# Deep Dives. He often teaches on the topic of F# and his popular videos appear on Udemy and Pluralsight.

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