Functional Programming Using F#

This comprehensive introduction to the principles of functional programming using F# shows how to apply basic theoretical concepts to produce succinct and elegant programs. It demonstrates the role of functional programming in a wide spectrum of applications including databases and systems. Coverage also includes advanced features in the .NET library, the imperative features of F# and topics such as text processing, sequences, computation expressions and asynchronous computation. With a broad spectrum of examples and exercises, the book is perfect for courses in functional programming and for self-study. Enhancing its use as a text is an accompanying website with downloadable programs, lecture slides, a mini-projects and links to further F# sources.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting started
Chapter 2 Values, operators, expressions and functions
Chapter 3 Tuples, records and tagged values
Chapter 4 Lists
Chapter 5 Collections: Lists, maps and sets
Chapter 6 Finite trees
Chapter 7 Modules
Chapter 8 Imperative features
Chapter 9 Efficiency
Chapter 10 Text processing programs
Chapter 11 Sequences
Chapter 12 Computation expressions
Chapter 13 Asynchronous and parallel computations

Appendix A Programs from the keyword example
Appendix B The TextProcessing library
Appendix C The dialogue program from Chapter 13