Get Programming With F# A Guide For Net Developers(1st Edition)

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Book Price $0 : Summary Get Programming With F#: A Guide For .NET Developers Shows You How To Upgrade Your .NET Development Skills By Adding A Touch Of Functional Programming In F#. In Just 43 Bite-sized Chunks, You'll Learn How To Use F# To Tackle The Most Common .NET Programming Tasks.Examples Use The Familiar Visual Studio Environment, So You'll Be Instantly Comfortable. Packed With Enlightening Examples, Real-world Use Cases, And Plenty Of Easy-to-digest Code, This Easy-to-follow Tutorial Will Make You Wonder Why You Didn't Pick Up F# Years Ago! Forewords By Dustin Campbell Of Microsoft And Tomas Petricek Of FsharpWorks. Purchase Of The Print Book Includes A Free EBook In PDF, Kindle, And EPub Formats From Manning Publications. About The Technology Your .NET Applications Need To Be Good For The Long Haul. F#'s Unique Blend Of Functional And Imperative Programming Is Perfect For Writing Code That Performs Flawlessly Now And Keeps Running As Your Needs Grow And Change. It Takes A Little Practice To Master F#'s Functional-first Style, So You May As Well Get Programming! About The Book Get Programming With F#: A Guide For .NET Developers Teaches F# Through 43 Example-based Lessons With Built-in Exercises So You Can Learn The Only Way That Really Works: By Practicing. The Book Upgrades Your .NET Skills With A Touch Of Functional Programming In F#. You'll Pick Up Core FP Principles And Learn Techniques For Iron-clad Reliability And Crystal Clarity. You'll Discover Productivity Techniques For Coding F# In Visual Studio, Functional Design, And Integrating Functional And OO Code. What's Inside Learn How To Write Bug-free ProgramsTurn Tedious Common Tasks Into Quick And Easy OnesUse Minimal Code To Work With JSON, CSV, XML, And HTML DataIntegrate F# With Your Existing C# And VB.NET ApplicationsCreate Web-enabled Applications About The Reader Written For Intermediate C# And Visual Basic .NET Developers. No Experience With F# Is Assumed. About The Author Isaac Abraham Is An Experienced .NET Developer And Trainer. He's An F# MVP For His Contributions To The .NET Community. Table Of Contents Unit 1 - F# AND VISUAL STUDIO Lesson 1 - The Visual Studio Experience Lesson 2 - Creating Your First F# Program Lesson 3 - The REPL-changing How We Develop Unit 2 - HELLO F# Lesson 4 - Saying A Little, Doing A Lot Lesson 5 - Trusting The Compiler Lesson 6 - Working With Immutable Data Lesson 7 - Expressions And Statements Lesson 8 Capstone 1 Unit 3 - TYPES AND FUNCTIONS Lesson 9 - Shaping Data With Tuples Lesson 10 - Shaping Data With Records Lesson 11 - Building Composable Functions Lesson 12 - Organizing Code Without Classes Lesson 13 - Achieving Code Reuse In F# Lesson 14 - Capstone 2 Unit 4 - COLLECTIONS IN F# Lesson 15 - Working With Collections In F# Lesson 16 - Useful Collection Functions Lesson 17 - Maps, Dictionaries, And Sets Lesson 18 - Folding Your Way To Success Lesson 19 - Capstone 3 Unit 5 - THE PIT OF SUCCESS WITH THE F# TYPE SYSTEM Lesson 20 - Program Flow In F# Lesson 21 - Modeling Relationships In F# Lesson 22 - Fixing The Billion-dollar Mistake Lesson 23 - Business Rules As Code Lesson 24 - Capstone 4 Unit 6 - LIVING ON THE .NET PLATFORM Lesson 25 - Consuming C# From F# Lesson 26 - Working With NuGet Packages Lesson 27 - Exposing F# Types And Functionsto C# Lesson 28 - Architecting Hybrid Language Applications Lesson 29 - Capstone 5 Unit 7 - WORKING WITH DATA Lesson 30 - Introducing Type Providers Lesson 31 - Building Schemas From Live Data Lesson 32 - Working With SQL Lesson 33 - Creating Type Provider-backed APIs Lesson 34 - Using Type Providers In The Real World Lesson 35 - Capstone 6 Unit 8 - WEB PROGRAMMING Lesson 36 - Asynchronous Workflows Lesson 37 - Exposing Data Over HTTP Lesson 38 - Consuming HTTP Data Lesson 39 - Capstone 7 Unit 9 - UNIT TESTING Lesson 40 - Unit Testing In F# Lesson 41 - Property-based Testing In F# Lesson 42 - Web Testing Lesson 43 - Capstone 8 Unit 10 - WHERE NEXT? Appendix A - The F# Community Appendix B - F# In My Organization Appendix C - Must-visit F# Resources Appendix D - Must-have F# Libraries Appendix E - Other F# Language Feature See more