Programming F# 3.0

Chris Smith

ISBN 10: 1449320295 / ISBN 13: 9781449320294

Editore: O'Reilly Media, US, 2012

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Why learn F#? This multiparadigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, it also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. With Programming F#3.0, you'll quickly discover the many advantages of this Microsoft language, which includes access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET platform. Learn how to reap the benefits of functional programming for your next project - whether it's quantitative computing, large-scale data exploration, or even a pursuit of your own. With this comprehensive guide, F# former team member Chris Smith gives you a head start of the fundamentals and advanced concepts of the F# language. Get a clear understanding of functional programming, and how you can use it to simplify code Learn the language's core syntax, including object-oriented and imperative styles Simplify concurrent and parallel programming with F# Asynchronous Workflows and the Parallel Extensions to .NET Discover the power of F# 3.0's new Info Rich Programming and LINQ Queries.

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• Titolo: Programming F# 3.0
• Editore: O'Reilly Media, US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1449320295
• ISBN 13: 9781449320294
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: New

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Why learn F#? With this guide, you'll learn how this multi-paradigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, but also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. You'll quickly discover the many advantages of the language, including access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET platform.

Reap the benefits of functional programming for your next project, whether you're writing concurrent code, or building data- or math-intensive applications. With this comprehensive book, former F# team member Chris Smith gives you a head start on the fundamentals and walks you through advanced concepts of the F# language.

• Learn F#'s unique characteristics for building applications
• Gain a solid understanding of F#'s core syntax, including object-oriented and imperative styles
• Make your object-oriented code better by applying functional programming patterns
• Use advanced functional techniques, such as tail-recursion and computation expressions
• Take advantage of multi-core processors with asynchronous workflows and parallel programming
• Use new type providers for interacting with web services and information-rich environments
• Learn how well F# works as a scripting language

Informazioni sull?autore

Chris Smith works at Microsoft on the F# team. His role as a software design engineer in test gives him a unique mastery of the F# language. Chris has a masters degree in computer science from the University of Washington.

You can read his blog, Chris Smith's Complete Unique View, at http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith/.