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Written by Tomas Petricek with Jon Skeet. Order from Manning or go to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or your favorite book store.

MSDN Articles

The following MSDN sections were written as companion to Real-World Functional Programming. The first chapter is loosely based on chapters 1-3 of the book.

  1. Functional Programming Intro
  2. Server-Side Programming
  3. Client-Side Applications
  4. Numerical Computing
  5. Building Data-Driven Webs
  6. Visualizing Data

Section 4 was written by Yin Zhu and the remaining sections were written by Tomas Petricek.

Real-World Functional Programming Book

  • Foreword by Mads Torgersen
  • December, 2009 | 560 pages
  • ISBN: 9781933988924
  • Order the book from Manning

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Description

Functional programming languages are good at expressing complex ideas in a succinct, declarative way. Functional concepts such as “immutability” and “function values” make it easier to reason about code—as well as helping with concurrency. The new F# language, LINQ, certain new features of C#, and numerous .NET libraries now bring the power of functional programming to .NET coders.

This book teaches the ideas and techniques of functional programming applied to real-world problems. You’ll see how the functional way of thinking changes the game for .NET developers. Then, you’ll tackle common issues using a functional approach. The book will also teach you the basics of the F# language and extend your C# skills into the functional domain. No prior experience with functional programming or F# is required.

What’s inside

  • Thinking the functional way
  • Blending OO and functional programming
  • Effective F# code

About the Authors

Microsoft C# MVP Tomas Petricek is one of the leaders of the F# community. He was part of the Microsoft Research team for F# and is interested in distributed and reactive programming using F#. Microsoft C# MVP Jon Skeet is a veteran C# and Java developer, prolific “Stack Overflow” contributor, and author of C# in Depth.