Getting Started with F# Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
F# is a Microsoft .NET language that offers support for functional programming in addition to object-oriented and imperative programming. This course introduce F#, describes the templates for creating F# programs and files in Visual Studio, and describes how to implement functional and object-oriented programming with F#. You'll also learn how to use conditional expressions, work with loops, and handle exceptions with F#.
Target Audience
Programmers who want to learn how to use F# to create applications
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
3.0
Lesson Objectives Getting Started with F#
start the course
introduce F#, F# templates and F# interactive in Visual Studio, create a console app, and outline options for creating other types of F# applications
work with functions in F# using let and do bindings
use lambda expressions to define anonymous functions and closures in F#
use recursive functions for numeric computing in F#
use partial application in F# functions
implement pipelining and function chaining
implement lazy evaluation of expressions in F#
handle exceptions in F# programs
implement the tuple data type in F# programs
contrast and work with discriminated unions and enums in F# programs
use the unit type in F# programs
use the mutable and ref keywords to manage mutability in F# programs
use conditional expressions in F#
use for to, for in and for while loops in F#
use classes including class constructors and properties as part of domain driven design in F# programs
use methods in F# programs
use events in F# programs
use structures in F# programs
use fields in classes and structures in F# programs
implement interfaces and use object expressions in F# programs
implement inheritance in F# programs
specify class constructors and members as static in F# programs
implement abstract classes in F#
use delegates in F# programs
extend existing types with type extensions in F#
use F# to creating the functions required to generate a stacked calculator
Course Number: sd_fsfn_a01_it_enus
Expertise Level
Beginner