Beginning F# 4.0, 2nd Edition
Beginning F# 4.0 by Robert Pickering, Kit Eason
2016 | ISBN: 1484213750 | English | 309 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
2016 | ISBN: 1484213750 | English | 309 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
This book is a great foundation for exploring functional-first programming and its role in the future of application development. The best-selling introduction to F#, now thoroughly updated to version 4.0, will help you learn the language and explore its new features.
F# 4.0 is a mature, open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language which empowers users and organizations to tackle complex computing problems with simple, maintainable and robust code. F# is also a fully supported language in Visual Studio and Xamarin Studio. Other tools supporting F# development include Emacs, MonoDevelop, Atom, Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, and Vim.
Beginning F#4.0 has been thoroughly updated to help you explore the new features of the language including:
Type Providers
Constructors as first-class functions
Simplified use of mutable values
Support for high-dimensional arrays
Slicing syntax support for F# lists
Reviewed by Don Syme, the chief architect of F# at Microsoft Research, Beginning F#4.0 is a great foundation for exploring functional programming and its role in the future of application development.