F# Jumpstart
By Kit Eason
Get started with F#. Transform your experience of .NET/Mono development in less than 90 minutes.
Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 3, 2015
Duration
1h 25m
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction and Getting Started
1m
Where F# Sits in the .NET Ecosystem
1m
Creating and Running a Console Program
2m
Using F# Interactive to Experiment with Code
2m
Values, Functions and Flow of Control
Binding Values and Functions Using 'let'
2m
Functions, Indentation, Type Inference
3m
Overriding Type Inference
1m
Branching with 'if'
1m
Looping with 'for'
1m
Nesting Functions
1m
Creating, Returning and Decomposing Tuples
2m
Tupling Function Arguments; Partial Application
3m
Passing and Returning Nothing with 'Unit'
1m
Summary
1m
Arrays, Collections and Higher Order Functions
Introduction
1m
Creating Arrays
4m
Basic Array Processing
1m
Filtering Arrays
2m
Sorting, Iterating and the Forward-pipe Operator
2m
Mapping Arrays
1m
F# Lists
2m
Sequences
3m
Summary
3m
Records, Option Types, Discriminated Unions and Pattern Matching
Introduction
1m
Record Types
2m
Option Types
3m
Discriminated Unions and Pattern Matching
3m
The Match Keyword
3m
Summary
2m
Immutability and Shadowing
Introduction
1m
Immutability by Default and Shadowing
3m
Benefits of Immutability
1m
Overriding Immutability
3m
Summary
1m
Object Oriented Types
Introduction
1m
Declaring an OO Type (Class) in F#
2m
Making Your Type Mutable with Getters and Setters
1m
Using Member Val to Create Autoproperties
1m
Doing Work in Constructors
2m
Declaring and Implementing Interfaces
3m
Using F# Code from C# - F# Interfaces
3m
Using F# Code from C# - Discriminated Unions
4m
Summary
1m
Conclusion and Wrap-up
Description
Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 3, 2015
Duration
1h 25m
Description
F# is a .NET (CLI) language. It combines functional and OO (Object Oriented) concepts to you let you solve complex problems with simple code. F# is surprisingly easy to learn. This course covers all the fundamentals, and is suitable for anyone with basic software development experience.
About the author
About the author
Kit has been a software developer since the 1980s, working in industries from automotive engineering to energy trading. He's known for his huge enthusiasm for F#, which he will share with anyone who will listen.