By Robert Pickering

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

• 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#
• Installing F# on Windows
• Installing F# on Linux
• Using F# in Different Ways
• Installing the Software Used in This Book
• Summary

CHAPTER 3 Functional Programming

• Identifiers
• Keywords
• Literals
• Values and Functions
• Scope
• Recursion
• Anonymous Functions
• Operators
• Lists
• List Comprehensions
• Control Flow
• Types and Type Inference
• Pattern Matching
• Defining Types
• Exceptions and Exception Handling
• Lazy Evaluation
• Summary

CHAPTER 4 Imperative Programming

• The unit Type
• The mutable Keyword
• Defining Mutable Record Types
• The ref Type
• Arrays
• Array Comprehensions
• Control Flow
• Loops over Comprehensions
• Calling Static Methods and Properties from .NET Libraries
• CV resume
• Using Objects and Instance Members from .NET Libraries
• Using Indexers from .NET Libraries
• Working with Events from .NET Libraries
• Pattern Matching over .NET Types
• The |> Operator
• Summary

CHAPTER 5 Object-Oriented Programming

• Casting
• Type Tests
• Type Annotations for Subtyping
• Records As Objects
• F# Types with Members
• Object Expressions
• Defining Interfaces
• Implementing Interfaces
• Classes, Fields, and Explicit Constructors
• Implicit Class Construction
• Classes and Inheritance
• Classes and Methods
• Accessing the Base Class
• Properties and Indexers
• Classes and Static Methods
• Overriding Methods from Non-F# Libraries
• Defining Delegates
• Structs
• Enums
• Summary

CHAPTER 6 Organizing, Annotating, and Quoting Code

• Modules
• Namespaces
• Opening Namespaces and Modules
• Giving Namespaces and Modules Aliases
• Signature Files
• Module Scope
• Module Execution
• Optional Compilation
• Comments
• Doc Comments
• Custom Attributes
• Quoted Code
• Summary

CHAPTER 7 The F# Libraries

• Libraries Overview
• The Native F# Library FSLib.dll
• The ML Compatibility Library MLLib.dll
• The Native F# Library FSLib.dll
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Reflection Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Enum Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Text.Printf Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Control.IEvent Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Math Namespace
• The ML Compatibility Library MLLib.dll
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Compatibility.OCaml.Pervasives Module
• The Microsoft.FSharp.Compatibility.OCaml.Arg Module
• Summary

CHAPTER 8 User Interfaces

• Introducing WinForms
• Drawing WinForms
• Working with Controls in WinForms
• Using the Visual Studio Form Designer’s Forms in F#
• Working with WinForms Events and the IEvent Module
• Creating New Forms Classes
• Introducing ASP.NET 2.0
• Creating an IHttpHandler
• Working with ASP.NET Web Forms
• Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation
• Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation 3D
• Summary

CHAPTER 9 Data Access

• The System.Configuration Namespace
• The System.IO Namespace
• The System.Xml Namespace
• ADO.NET
• The EntLib Data Access Block
• Data Binding
• Data Binding and the DataGridView
• ADO.NET Extensions
• Introducing LINQ
• Using LINQ to XML
• Using LINQ to SQL
• Summary

CHAPTER 10 Distributed Applications

• Networking Overview
• Using TCP/IP Sockets
• Using HTTP
• Calling Web Services
• Creating Web Services
• Windows Communication Foundation
• Hosting WCF Services
• Summary

CHAPTER 11 Language-Oriented Programming

• What Is Language-Oriented Programming?
• Data Structures As Little Languages
• A Data Structure–Based Language Implementation
• Metaprogramming with Quotations
• An Arithmetic-Language Implementation
• The Abstract Syntax Tree
• Tokenizing the Text: Fslex
• Generating a Parser: Fsyacc
• Using the Parser
• Interpreting the AST
• Compiling the AST
• Compilation vs. Interpretation
• Summary

CHAPTER 12 The F# Tool Suite and .NET Programming Tools

• Using Useful fsc.exe Command-Line Switches
• Basic Compiler Switches
• Compiler Optimization Switches
• Compiler Warning Switches
• Compiler Target Switches
• Signing and Versioning Switches
• Printing the Interface Switches
• Adding Resources Switches
• Generating HTML Switches
• CLI Version Switches
• Compilation Details Switches
• Statically Linking Switches
• Using fsi.exe Effectively
• fsi.exe Commands
• Controlling the fsi.exe Environment
• fsi.exe Command-Line Switches
• Using the Source Directory Macro
• Writing NUnit Tests
• Using Assembly Browsers
• Using Debugging Tools
• Using Profiling Tools
• Ntimer
• Perfmon and Performance Counters
• NProf
• CLR Profiler
• Summary

CHAPTER 13 Compatibility and Advanced Interoperation

• Calling F# Libraries from C#
• Returning Tuples
• Exposing Functions That Take Functions As Parameters
• Using Union Types
• Using F# Lists
• Defining Types in a Namespace
• Defining Classes and Interfaces
• Using F# with the .NET Framework Versions 1 and 1.1
• Calling Using COM Objects
• Using P/Invoke
• Using Inline IL
• Using F# from Native Code via COM
• Summary

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