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On the surface of things, that is an intuitively obvious statement, given the title of this book. However, despite the apparent redundancy in saying it aloud, the sentence above elegantly describes what this book is about: The authors are not attempting to teach developers how to accomplish tasks from other languages in this one, nor are they attempting to evangelize the language or its feature set or its use "over" other languages. They assume that you are considering this book because you have an interest in learning the F# language: its syntax, its semantics, its pros and cons, and its use in concert with other parts of the .NET ecosystem.
The intended reader is a .NET developer, familiar with at least one of the programming languages in the .NET ecosystem. That language might be C# or Visual Basic, or perhaps C++/CLI, IronPython or IronRuby.
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Discover the new functional language from Microsoft: F#
F# is a cutting–edge programming language that offers a number of new features and approaches, making software easier to write—particularly that software that requires full use of multicore processors. This book shows you how to harness the power of F# and encompasses both the Microsoft .NET Framework and the Visual Studio® 2010 toolset. You′ll discover how F# 2.0 serves as a fusion of object–oriented and functional approaches and how this is useful for augmenting other .NET languages. Full of detailed explanations, this reference is key if you are writing new code for complex or multi–processor applications.
Professional F# 2.0:
Explains binding values, control flow and F#′s unique typing system
Demonstrates pattern matching and complex functions
Covers imperative and object programming
Discusses functional design concepts, patterns, and methodologies
Features coverage of F# and the .NET CLR, and F# and C# interaction
Investigates F# and .NET data access through ADO.NET and NHibernate
Provides code for applications that are mathematically and data intensive, and applications that would traditionally be written in multiple languages
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
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The book is essentially divided into four sections: a syntax reference, dealing with OO and the rest of the CLR, functional programming, and example applications. All of them are quite readable - each chapter is concise and to the point, but with enough meat to get the message across.
The first two sections make a great reference after you've read them. The third section is a nice overview of FP practices. For seasoned functional programming veterans coming from other languages, its nice to see how elegantly F# accommodates the features that you're used to using. For FP beginners, it's a friendly introduction to higher-order functions, currying and partial application, and immutability. F# adds a new language concept for me - pipelining, that the authors cover in detail.
The final section of the book brings it all together. Example applications include C# interop, an ActiveRecord-like O/RM, XML processing, building an F# website, developing for Silverlight, and WCF. Each example is complete, yet small enough to digest in under 20 pages or so. The examples alone make the book worth purchasing.
F# 2.0 is a book that assumes you are a professional, and as such, does not waste your time with a lot of fluff. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in FP on the .NET platform.
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