Preface [July 12, 2011, 6:15 a.m.]

Preface:

General Assumption: This course is designed for anybody who has atleast general familarity with programming languages like, C, C++, Java, C#.

F# Pronounced as "F Sharp".

Tool you can use for F# programming study is http://www.tryfsharp.org/Tutorials.aspx# (F# Interactive) or Visual studio 2008/2010 F# interactive window. [You will need silverlight installed on your computer. If not you can download that from Microsoft site.]

We will begin with short tutorial of all concept in this language and later expand each of these topic in subsequent chapters.

What is F#:

F# is a multi paradigm programming language developed by Microsoft.

F# supports object oriented, Functional, Imperative style of programming.

Why F# is the best ?

1) Combined features of functional, object oriented, imperative style of programming in single language.

2) Less lines of code. So you can increase your productivity.

3) Parallel programming : To create parallel programs which take advantages of recent advantages in hardware technology. i.e. it can use full use of multi core processors.

4) It's cool language. It's fun !

5) It's developed by Microsoft and used for very large projects which proves it's strength.

6) Most suited for scientific/engineering/data oriented programming.

7) It's language of Artificial intelligence.

8) You got all rich and powerful library of .NET Framework.

9) You can use F# assemblies (modules or .dll) in other .NET languages like C# or Vb.net

10) Future is functional. As time passes OOP (Object oriented paradigm) is showing it's weakness.

It's quiet obvious that in future we will use combination of functional + OOP more often.

If you learn this language you will be very high in demand.

Roadmap of course: