Why F#?

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1. WHY F#? F E W R E A S O N S YO U S H O U L D G E T FA M I L I A R W I T H F # @bartsokol bart-sokol.info linkedin.com/in/bartsokol
2. F# - KEY FEATURES • Multi-paradigm, functional first CLR language • Exhaustive type system • Ability to use almost any .NET library • Well documented • Great community • Huge amount of good quality learning material (both paid and free) • Open Source
3. F# - NATIVE TYPES • Base types - int, float, string, unit, obj • Lists • Arrays • Tuples • Records • Discriminated Unions, Option • Enums • Units of Measure
4. F# - LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTS • Functions as first class values • Lambdas • Pattern matching • Matching functions • Pipe operator
5. DEMO N AT I V E T Y P E S , PAT T E R N M AT C H I N G , P I P E S
6. F# - TYPE PROVIDERS • Quick and convenient access to multiple data sources • No need to create models – sample data is (usually) enough • Multiple common types are handled in FSharp.Data library: – XML – JSON – HTML – SQL – CSV – …
7. DEMO T Y P E P R OV I D E R S
8. DEMO L U C K Y W I N N E R A P P
9. Q&A
10. THE END. T H A N K YO U F O R AT T E N D I N G ! @bartsokol bart-sokol.info linkedin.com/in/bartsokol https://github.com/bartsokol/FSharpDemos https://github.com/bartsokol/LuckyWinner