F# for C# Developers

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• Topics include: C# and F# data structures; F# for functional, object-oriented, and imperative programming; design patterns; type providers; and portable support for Windows 8.
• Examines real-world applications, including Windows 8-style HTML5 and JavaScript apps, along with cloud and service apps.
• Students will write their own type provider and see how to expand F# computation power to high-performance GPU computing.

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Extend your C# skills to F#—and create data-rich computational and parallel software components faster and more efficiently. Focusing on F# 3.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, you’ll learn how to exploit F# features to solve both computationally-complex problems as well as everyday programming tasks.

Topics include: C# and F# data structures; F# for functional, object-oriented, and imperative programming; design patterns; type providers; and portable support for Windows 8. You’ll examine real-world applications, including Windows 8-style HTML5 and JavaScript apps, along with cloud and service apps. You’ll write your own type provider. And you’ll see how to expand F# computation power to high-performance GPU computing.

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Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• C# and F#
  • Chapter 1: C# and F# Data Structures
  • Chapter 2: Using F# for Object-Oriented Programming
  • Chapter 3: F# and Design Patterns
• F#'s Unique Features
  • Chapter 4: Type Providers
  • Chapter 5: Write Your Own Type Provider
  • Chapter 6: Other Unique Features
• Real-World Applications
  • Chapter 7: Portable Library and HTML/JavaScript
  • Chapter 8: Cloud and Service Programming with F#
  • Chapter 9: GPGPU with F#
  • About the Author

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