One of the amazing properties of a functional paradigm differentiating it from the others is the limited need for producing custom parts at the level of manipulating data structures. Usually, functional programming newbies tend to implement their own functions for each case of data transformation. This infantile sickness normally ends with finding out from practice that pretty much any transformation upon typical data structures can be expressed as a combination of filter
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F# 4.0 Design Patterns
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F# 4.0 Design Patterns
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Overview of this book
Following design patterns is a well-known approach to writing better programs that captures and reuses high-level abstractions that are common in many applications. This book will encourage you to develop an idiomatic F# coding skillset by fully embracing the functional-first F# paradigm. It will also help you harness this powerful instrument to write succinct, bug-free, and cross-platform code.
F# 4.0 Design Patterns will start off by helping you develop a functional way of thinking. We will show you how beneficial the functional-first paradigm is and how to use it to get the optimum results. The book will help you acquire the practical knowledge of the main functional design patterns, the relationship of which with the traditional Gang of Four set is not straightforward.
We will take you through pattern matching, immutable data types, and sequences in F#. We will also uncover advanced functional patterns, look at polymorphic functions, typical data crunching techniques, adjusting code through augmentation, and generalization. Lastly, we will take a look at the advanced techniques to equip you with everything you need to write flawless code.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
F# 4.0 Design Patterns
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Begin Thinking Functionally
Dissecting F# Origins and Design
Basic Functions
Basic Pattern Matching
Algebraic Data Types
Sequences - The Core of Data Processing Patterns
Advanced Techniques: Functions Revisited
Data Crunching – Data Transformation Patterns
More Data Crunching
Type Augmentation and Generic Computations
F# Expert Techniques
F# and OOP Principles/Design Patterns
Customer Reviews