Why Every Day as a Developer Would Be Easier with F#, by Urs Enzler

Those who develop with .NET probably do so with C#. But F#, in particular, has great potential to make daily work easier. Everything that C# can do can also be done with F#, and often in a more lightweight and less error-prone way. If you want to see where the differences are and why F# is a good programming language for normal software development, come to this session! And don't worry, the talk is free of functional programming jargon – I promise!

0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - Simplicity in code
3:13 - Where C# really shines
5:12 - Everything is an expression
10:29 - Equality for free
12:28 - This or that - nothing else
18:23 - Left to right, top to bottom
21:19 - Some F# basics
36:32 - Coding conventions
40:04 - Type inference
42:08 - Experience after 12 months
43:45 - Wrap up
45:12 - Q&A

Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/203mmhxldm7...

Speaker: Urs Enzler, Software Architect, Calitime AG

Urs Enzler is a .NET developer since .NET was born. As a software architect, he builds flexible, reliable, and maintainable software together with his team.

Twitter:   / ursenzler  
Blog: https://www.planetgeek.ch/