Expert F# 2.0

Contents at a Glance
Contents...................................................................................................................vi
Foreword ............................................................................................................... xxi
About the Authors................................................................................................ xxiii
About the Technical Reviewer ............................................................................. xxiv
Acknowledgments .................................................................................................. xv
■ Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................1
■ Chapter 2: Getting Started with F# and .NET........................................................7
■ Chapter 3: Creating Your First F# Program—
Introducing Functional Programming................................................................25
■ Chapter 4: Introducing Imperative Programming..............................................67
■ Chapter 5: Mastering Types and Generics .........................................................97
■ Chapter 6: Working with Objects and Modules................................................123
■ Chapter 7: Encapsulating and Packaging Your Code.......................................153
■ Chapter 8: Mastering F#: Common Techniques ...............................................175
■ Chapter 9: Introducing Language-Oriented Programming...............................207
■ Chapter 10: Using the F# and .NET Libraries....................................................249
■ Chapter 11: Building Graphical User Interfaces...............................................271
■ Chapter 12: Working with Symbolic Representations .....................................321
■ Chapter 13: Reactive, Asynchronous, and Parallel Programming...................355
■ Chapter 14: Building Smart Web Applications.................................................391
■ Chapter 15: Working with Data........................................................................435

■ Chapter 16: Lexing and Parsing.......................................................................463
■ Chapter 17: Interoperating with C and COM ....................................................491
■ Chapter 18: Debugging and Testing F# Programs ...........................................523
■ Chapter 19: Designing F# Libraries..................................................................545
■ Appendix: F# Brief Language Guide .................................................................563
Index.....................................................................................................................571