Hacking F# on Systems, Not Windows

Reasons I ended up using F# on Windows, the context, and why to use F# on other systems.

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1. HACKING F# ON SYSTEMS
   NOT WINDOWS
   

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2. PORTLAND -> OREGON -> USA
   PROJECT
   DATE WHERE
   18.09.2015
   ADRON HALL
   @ADRON
   

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4. CROSS-PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
   WITH F#
   

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5. CROSS-PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
   WITH F#
   

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6. MY BATTLES
   NEW WAYS TO WORK - MY CONTEXT
   

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7. HAPPY CORPORATE LAND
   

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8. ACRONYM ABC GLOBAL CORP
   PROJECT
   DATE CLIENT
   FOREVER
   HAPPY CORPORATE LAND
   BUILD CRUD APPS
   

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9. STARTUP CHAOS LANDS
   

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11. How about tomorrow?
    Continuous Integration
    
    Testing Platform
    
    Continuous Delivery
    

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12. …and that’s not all.
    Load Testing
    
    Multi-regional & CDN Location Ready
    
    API & API Docs
    

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13. …wait there’s more.
    Fully Distributed Data
    
    High Availability
    
    …with a bow on top?
    

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14. Solutions…
    Java and Akka and AWS
    
    Node.js and WFOTH and AWS
    
    Erlang and Riak and AWS
    
    Java and Cassandra and AWS

    

    ** WFOTH === Whatever Framework of the Hour
    

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15. BUT…
    I MISSED SOME THINGS…
    

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16. Libs!
    I had tons of .NET Libraries
    
    There were APIs and things I’d built
    
    Etc.
    

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17. Experience!
    Time with .NET (Since beta days)
    
    I knew a ton of C#
    

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18. WHY F#?
    

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19. WHY F#?
    CONCISENESS
    

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20. WHY F#?
    CONCISENESS
    

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21. WHY F#?
    CONVENIENCE
    

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22. WHY F#?
    CONVENIENCE
    

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23. WHY F#?
    CONVENIENCE
    

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24. WHY F#?
    CORRECTNESS
    CONCURRENCY
    COMPLETENESS
    

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25. WHY F#?
    CORRECTNESS
    CONCURRENCY
    COMPLETENESS
    

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26. WHY F#?
    CORRECTNESS
    CONCURRENCY
    COMPLETENESS
    

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27. F# COMMUNITY PROJECT INCUBATION SPACE
    AKA - A WHOLE TON OF AWESOME!!!!
    

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28. F# COMMUNITY
    SLACK
    

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29. F# COMMUNITY
    ROLL CALL!
    

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30. Why? …Linux/*nix
    Distributed Systems Leadership
    
    Server Scalability
    
    Technology Leader
    
    Cloud Systems Leader
    
    Super-Computer Leader
    
    Cheaper
    

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31. Why? …OS-X
    The hipster machine du jour!
    
    *nix Compliant SSH, Bash, etc.
    
    Bleeding Edge Dev?
    

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33. PORTLAND -> OREGON -> USA
    PROJECT
    DATE CLIENT
    18.09.2015
    ADRON HALL
    @ADRON
    

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34. Hacking F# on Systems
    Not Windows
    Twitter: @Adron && @ThrashingCode &&
    @Retweeteringz
    
    Startups: @CoderSwap && Coming Soon…
    
    Blog: http://compositecode.com
    
    Code: https://github.com/Adron/sharpdev
    
    Press & Learning Material: http://
    compositecode.com/speaking-presentations-
    workshops/hacking-f-on-systems-not-windows/
    

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