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F# For Dummys - Day 0 Foreword

what is F#:

F# is a functional language (actually more of a hybrid language)

what is F# good at:

  • Lexical parsing and declarative language support

  • scientific and mathematical application

  • Logic-based Computing
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why i write the tutorial

most of the free materials i can find to learn F# is outdated, that's why i want to share how i learn F# step by step, i hope a primary school student or grandma could understand it and coding in F#

what it covers and won't

basic F# knowledge, more details will be shown at Day 1
some practices
small programs
we don't dive into depth

materials i use:

I will try to design this tutorial easy to learn, please leave your comment if you have any ideas or suggestions about making this learning trip better

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FrontEndWebDeveloping

Just a heads up, you can format your posts using markdown to make them more readable.

More details in our editor guide!

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FrontEndWebDeveloping

Great! that's much more readable. I hope you have success with writing you series.

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AllenZhu

thanks for the advise! will try to make the series more readable