When I first met Isaac Abraham in 2015, I knew immediately that he shared my passion
for educating .NET developers in the art of F#. His book, which you hold in your hands,
is the text I had wanted when I first kindled my F# romance. Inside, Isaac will lead you
on a journey of F# that’s both pragmatic and relevant. If you’re a C# or Visual Basic .NET
developer, you’ll learn through a series of lessons how to apply F# to everyday .NET
development. You won’t have to wade through the deep theoretical explanations that
are often the staple of functional programming books. Instead, Isaac will guide you with
practical advice and best practices derived from his own experience as an F# developer.
I first fell in love with F# when it was still a research language being developed out of
Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England. The language was a bit rough around the
edges, but every monthly release brought a fresh set of exciting new features to explore.
The community was small but already vibrant, eager to evangelize any who would listen
about how F# was so expressive, powerful, and fun. I found myself caught up in it all.
Since F# was still very new, there weren’t many books available to help me learn the language.
Being a self-taught C# programmer, I wanted something that was light on theory
and heavy on practice, but such books hadn’t been written yet. I even made my own
meager attempt to fill that void, by writing a blog series (viewable today only via the
Internet Archive) titled, “Why I Love F#.”
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