Beginning F♯ 4.0. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Beginning F sharp 4.0
• Further Information: Note: Robert Pickering, Kit Eason.
• Authors: Pickering, Robert; Eason, Kit
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1: Getting Started; What Is Functional Programming?; Why Is Functional Programming Important?; What Is F#?; Who Is Using F#?; Who Is This Book For?; What's Next?; Chapter 2: How to Obtain, Install, and Use F#; Obtaining F# on Microsoft Windows; Obtaining F# on Apple OS X; Obtaining F# on Linux; The Examples in This Book; Summary; Chapter 3: Functional Programming; Literals; Anonymous Functions; Identifiers and let Bindings; Identifier Names; Scope; Capturing Identifiers. The use BindingRecursion; Operators; Function Application; Partial Application of Functions; Pattern Matching; Control Flow; Lists; Pattern Matching Against Lists; List Comprehensions; Types and Type Inference; Defining Types; Tuple and Record Types; Union or Sum Types (Discriminated Unions); Type Definitions with Type Parameters; Recursive Type Definitions; Active Patterns; Complete Active Patterns; Partial Active Patterns; Units of Measure; Exceptions and Exception Handling; Lazy Evaluation; Summary; Chapter 4: Imperative Programming; The Unit Type; The Mutable Keyword. Methods and InheritanceAccessing the Base Class; Properties and Indexers; Autoproperties; Overriding Methods from Non-F# Libraries; Abstract Classes; Classes and Static Methods; Casting; Type Tests; Defining Delegates; Structs; Enums; Summary; Chapter 6: Organizing, Annotating, and Quoting Code; Modules; Namespaces; Opening Namespaces and Modules; Giving Modules Aliases; Signature Files; Private and Internal let Bindings and Members; Module Scope; Module Execution; Optional Compilation; Comments; Doc Comments; Comments for Cross-Compilation; Custom Attributes; Quoted Code; Summary. Chapter 7: The F# LibrariesThe Native F# Library FSharp.Core.dll; The FSharp.Core.Operators Module; Arithmetic Operators; Floating-Point Arithmetic Functions; Tuple Functions; The Conversion Functions; The Bitwise Or and And Operators; The FSharp.Reflection Module; Reflection Over Types; Reflection Over Values; The FSharp.Collections.Seq Module; The map and iter Functions; The concat Function; The fold Function; The exists and forall Functions; The filter, find, and tryFind Functions; The choose Function; The init and initInfinite Functions; The unfold Function; The cast Function.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Apress
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.13/3; Computer science; F♯ (Computer program language); Functional programming languages; COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- Systems Analysis & Design; F♯ (Computer program language); Functional programming languages; Computers -- Programming Languages -- General; Computers -- Programming -- General; Programming & scripting languages: general; Computer programming / software development; Microsoft software; Microsoft .NET Framework; Computers -- Programming -- Microsoft Programming; Microsoft programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484213742; 1484213742
• Related ISBNs: 9781484213759; 1484213750
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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