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Expert F sharp 2.0 is about practical programming in a beautiful language that puts the power and elegance of functional programming into the hands of professional developers. In combination with .NET, F sharp achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity.
Expert F sharp 2.0 is
The authoritative guide to F sharp by the inventor of F sharp
A comprehensive reference of F sharp concepts, syntax, and features
A treasury of expert F sharp techniques for practical, real-world programming
F sharp isn´t just another functional programming language. It´s a general-purpose language ideal for real-world development. F sharp seamlessly integrates functional, imperative, and object-oriented programming styles so you can flexibly and elegantly solve any programming problem. Whatever your background, you´ll find that F sharp is easy to learn, fun to use, and extraordinarily powerful. F sharp will change the way you think about - and go about - programming.
Written by F sharp´s inventor and two major contributors to its development, Expert F sharp 2.0 is the authoritative, comprehensive, and in-depth guide to the language and its use. Designed to help others become experts, the first part of the book quickly yet carefully describes the F sharp language. The second part then shows how to use F sharp elegantly for a wide variety of practical programming tasks.
The world´s foremost experts in F sharp show you how to program in F sharp the way they do!

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Introduction
Getting Started with F sharp and NET
Creating Your First F sharp Program - Introducing Functional Programming
Introducing Imperative Programming
Mastering Types and Generics
Working with Objects and Modules
Encapsulating and Packaging Your Code
Mastering F sharp: Common Techniques
Introducing Language-Oriented Programming
Using the F sharp and NET Libraries
Building Graphical User Interfaces
Working with Symbolic Representations
Reactive, Asynchronous, and Parallel Programming
Building Smart Web Applications
Working with Data
Lexing and Parsing
Interoperating with C and COM
Debugging and Testing F sharp Programs
Designing F sharp Libraries

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strongDon Syme/strong is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, and the main designer of F#. Since joining Microsoft Research in 1998, he has been a seminal contributor to a wide variety of leading-edge projects, including generics in C# and the .NET Common Language Runtime, F# itself, F# asynchronous programming and units of measure in F#. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in 1999.

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