F# Presentation

1. Jamie Dixon – Ten Fingers Free
TRINUG Code Camp
November 5, 2013

2. Pivot Points For The .NET Dev
 Pivot towards the end user
 Learn HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3
 Learn Bootstrap, Type Script, and JQuery
 Learn Native Microsoft: XAML/C#
 Learn about UX theory
 Pivot towards the data
 Learn F#
 Learn R
 Learn Infer.NET
 Learn basic statistics

3. F# Is Awesome
 Integrated
 Fast
 Expansive
 Expressive
 Analytical Focused
 Bug-Free

4. Demos

5. Bug Free Code
We Have Bugs Because
We Stop Bugs By
Inputs are wrong
Argument validation
Global variables
Singletons not statics
Wrong logic (1+1=3)
Code reviews, unit tests
ASSUMPTONS ABOUT
STATE
PROTECTION OF STATE

6. Summary
 Its time to pivot
 The age of the plumber is over
 The age of the wireframe is over
 File -> New is more fun than File -> GetLatestVersion

7. F# Things To Know
 Learn the F# Interactive Window (REPL)
 Learn how to understand intelli-sense
 Learn how to use on-line help
 Use Stack Overflow, not MSDN
 Don’t bother with any book
 Start with on-line tutorials

8. Resources
 www.tryfsharp.org
 www.fsharp.net
 http://www.clear-lines.com/
 http://diditwith.net/
 http://fsharp.github.io/FSharp.Data/
 http://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/