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/203mmhxldm71ryf/Why%20every%20day%20as%20a%20developer%20would%20be%20easier%20with%20F%23.pdf?dl=1 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: https://twitter.com/ursenzler Blog: https://www.planetgeek.ch/