Learning Functional Programming with F#

In this video, we will show comparison of programming paradigms.

• Describe procedural programming

• Learn about object oriented programming

• Learn the benefits of functional programming

This video shows why functional programming become an attractive paradigm.

• Learn the factors that have affected functional programming

• Understand concurrency and Moore’s law

• Learn why memory is cheaper now

This video shows what the principles of functional programming are.

• Learn the immutability, purity, and composition

• Study recursion, referential transparency

• Learn algebraic data types

In this video, we will learn how to use classes and constructors.

• Learn about explicit and implicit syntax 

• Learn about constructors and constructor chaining

• Use fields and let bindings in classes

In this video, we will learn about interfaces and learn more through OOP with F#.

• Learn about interfaces and how to implement them

• Understand the differences with abstract classes

• Learn different properties with getters and setters

This video shows how to interact with C# and .NET.

• Call C# from F#

• Use mutable collections

• Use System.Linq

In this video, we will learn differences of C# and F#. Alsodrawbacks of F# if any.

• Compare IDE and tooling support

• Compare syntax support

• Compare project structure

In this video, you will learn how composition is a key aspect of Functional programming

• Reduce function

• Generate other functions using reduce

• Use the Composition operator

In this video, you will learn what partialapplication is.

• Define partial application

• See examples of partial application

• Learn partial application as poor man’s dependency injection

In this video, you will learn the why and what of immutable collections.

• Understand the need for immutable collections

• Learn about functional Data Structures

• Learn immutable collections via examples

In this video, you will learn about records and equality.

• Learn defining records

• Learn how to mutate records

• Build records as Structs

This video shows what the purpose of discriminated unions is.

• See the basic examples of discriminated unions

• Represent chess pieces by using discriminated unions

• Define recursive types by using discriminated unions

This video shows what option types are and how they protect us from using nulls.

• Understand the problems with null values

• Use nulls with F#

• Use option types to improve the code

In this video, we will learn about pattern matching and its applications.

• Understand pattern matching on primitives

• Learn about active patterns

• Use pattern matching on records

In this video, we will see what are Map and Apply.

• Introduce elevated world

• Introduce Map

• Introduce Apply

This video shows What Bind is.

• Define Bind 

• How Bind combines functions

• Practice Bind 

In this video, we will learn about the M word and its corresponding application via computation expressions.

• Learn how bind and return makes up monads

• Learn how we create and use computation expressions

• Learn about Maybe monad and how it short circuits on error

In this video, we will learn how to use async workflows in F#.

• Learn the purpose of asynchronity

• Understand the FSharp implementation of async workflows

• Learn how to run multiple async workflows in parallel

In this video, we will see What a mailbox processor is and why do we need it.

• Understand the basics of mailbox processor

• Build a producer consumer queue

• Learn about Post, Scan and PostAndReply