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[23 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]

The F# koans will lead you on the path to F# enlightenment. The F# koans are a set of exercises in the form of tests designed to teach you the F# language. This video provides a better understanding of both the syntax and the culture of F# programming.

[5 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]

This video shows how to use F# in Mono with MonoDevelop, detailing some of the features that make it attractive to programmers.

[8 Dec 2011 | No Comment | ]

This video explains how to build applications with F#, the new functional programming language on the .NET platform. We’ll look at what using a functional programming language changes in your applications structure and what it doesn’t. We’ll see how F# interactive can be used to experiment with your code to help quickly find a solution to the problem you’re working on and test it works correctly. We’ll see how these informal experimentations can be turned into a robust library or application with a working test suite. We’ll look at both …

[13 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]

C# introduced a number of language features that finally make it very easy to employ a functional style of programming. However, from the perspective of an imperative programmer, there are lots of questions surrounding functional programming. Why would I want to do it at all? Should I drop all state information in my apps? What useful functional patterns are applicable to C#?

[8 Aug 2011 | No Comment | ]

Welcome to F# 101. This new language is getting quite a bit of airtime by .NET alphageeks.. This is a discussion for those who have not yet written their first F# application. We’ll look at VS2010, the F# REPL, and why you would want to get started with F# at all. We’ll discuss what makes F# a functional language and we’ll break down the syntax and conceptual barriers. By the end of this discussion you should feel comfortable starting a new F# project and diving into your first application.
http://ndc2011.macsimum.no/mp4/Day1%20Wednesday/Track7%201140-1240.mp4