Real-world functional programming : with examples in F♯ and C♯ / Tomas Petricek ; with Jon Skeet.
Material type: TextPublication details: Greenwich, CT : Manning, ©2010.Description: xxx, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
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- 9781933988924 (pbk.)
- 1933988924 (pbk.)
- 005.114 PET
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Functional programming languages like F#, Erlang, and Scala are attractingattention as an efficient way to handle the new requirements for programmingmulti-processor and high-availability applications. Microsoft's new F# is a truefunctional language and C# uses functional language features for LINQ andother recent advances.
Real-World Functional Programming is a unique tutorial that explores thefunctional programming model through the F# and C# languages. The clearlypresented ideas and examples teach readers how functional programming differsfrom other approaches. It explains how ideas look in F#-a functionallanguage-as well as how they can be successfully used to solve programmingproblems in C#. Readers build on what they know about .NET and learn wherea functional approach makes the most sense and how to apply it effectively inthose cases.
The reader should have a good working knowledge of C#. No prior exposure toF# or functional programming is required.
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-500) and index.
pt. I. Learning to think functionally -- 1. Thinking differently -- 2. Core concepts in functional programming -- 3. Meet tuples, lists, and functions in F♯ and C♯ -- 4. Exploring F♯ and .NET libraries by example -- pt. 2. Fundmental functional techniques -- 5. Using functional values locally -- 6. Processing values using higher-order functions -- 7. Designing data-centric programs -- 8. Designing behavior-centric programs -- pt. 3. Advanced F♯ programming techniques -- 9. Turning values into F♯ object types with members -- 10. Efficienty of data structures -- 11. Refactoring and testing functional programs -- 12. Sequence expressions and alternative workflows -- pt. 4. Applied functional programming -- 13. Asynchronous and data-driven programming -- 14. Writing parallel functional programs -- 15. Creating composable functional libraries -- 16. Developing reactive functional programs -- Appendix. Looking ahead.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Tomas Petricek
discovered functional programming as a graduate student at
Charles University in Prague. He has been a Microsoft C# MVP since 2004 and
is one of the most active members in the F# community. In addition to his work
with F#, he has been using C# 3.0 in a functional way since the early previews in
2005. He interned with the F# team at Microsoft Research, and he has developed
a client/server web framework for F# called F# WebTools. His articles on functional
programming in .NET and various other topics can be found at his web site
tomasp.net.