F# Tutorials & Articles
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An Introduction To F# Type Providers
by Keith BattocchiType Providers are a new core feature in F# 3.0, the latest version of F# released with Visual Studio 2012. Keith Battocchi investigates.
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Force-Directed Graph Layout in WebSharper
by Anton TayanovskyyIn this tutorial, Anton Tayanovskyy demonstrates how to build an interactive force-directed graph visualization running in the browser.
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Writing Concurrent Applications Using F# Agents
by Tomas PetricekIn part 2 of this article on F# agents, Tomas Petricek looks at agent-based architecture for concurrent systems from a high-level perspective. It shows how to encapsulate agents into reusable components and several common inter-agent communication patterns used to build a concurrent system.
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An Introduction To F# Agents
by Tomas PetricekIn this article, Tomas Petricek looks at how F# Agents lie at the intersection of parallel, asynchronous and concurrent programming styles and how they can be used to build concurrent applications
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An Introduction To FSharpx
by Dan MohlDan Mohl introduces FSharpx, a community-driven, open source set of extensions for the F# language
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Pattern Matching in F# Part 2 : Active Patterns
by Jessica KerrIn part two of this series, Jessica Kerr looks at creating active patterns. These are functions to transform, recognize, and categorize custom types for use with the F# pattern matcher.
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Pattern Matching in F# Part 1 : Out of the Box
by Jessica KerrIn the first of a two part series, Jessica Kerr examines and demonstrates the powerful built-in pattern matching functionality in F# and reveals there's a lot more to it than a C# switch statement or a regular expression
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Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 2
by Adam GraniczIn the second half of this tutorial you will learn how to extend this simple web application with authentication. Basically, you will implement Login/Logout functionality and protect the Clock page with authentication to require users to log in before they can see the local time.
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Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 1
by Adam GraniczIn this article, we're going to look at using WebSharper, a web development framework for .NET, to build a small web application from scratch that features an HTML5-based clock.
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Functional Cells : A Spreadsheet in F#
by Philip TrelfordIf you’ve ever written formulas in a spreadsheet then you’re already familiar with some of the principles of functional programming. The key building blocks of a spreadsheet are cells containing functions and values. To demonstrate functional programming at large, this article will be looking at the implementation of a functional spreadsheet written in F
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From C# to F#: A Developer's Perspective
by Dave ThomasLearn the key differences between the C# and F# languages and some of the concepts that functional languages lead you to think about.
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Learn F# Programming
by Ted Neward and Jessica KerrProviding both leading-edge functional programming and familiar object-oriented capabilities, F# gives the developer more power to solve problems -- all in fewer lines of code, thanks to succinct syntax.
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The Future of .NET Languages
by Damon ArmstrongWondered why Microsoft always seems to release different language features for each language? Discover how .NET 4.0 will reduce the disparity between C# and VB.NET with some great new features for both languages, plus a new dynamic language runtime and new functional and parallel programming languages.
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Why F#?
by Mike JamesWhat exactly is functional programming, and why is it so important? Mike James explains the functional ideas embodied in F#, and provides some help with getting to grips with the language.
