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F# sounds like it fits the bill. ADT, pattern matching, performant, great tooling (multiple amazing IDEs, a REPL, etc.), and a huge ecosystem of software packa

F# sounds like it fits the bill. ADT, pattern matching, performant, great tooling (multiple amazing IDEs, a REPL, etc.), and a huge ecosystem of software packages to use with it (all of .NET). It's my favorite general purpose programming language (can be used for frontend programming, server, mobile apps, etc.).

trumpsamerica 9y ago
Do you have a good learning guide and a development guide (setting up ide, vim, tools etc)? I want to jump start into f#
- Nelkins 9y ago
  For learning the language, there is no better guide than F# for fun and profit. Start here[1], then maybe check out this series[2] and this one[3]. If you want to learn about monads and such, go through this series[4]. Look through this[5] page for other good stuff. Unfortunately, the fsharp.org site is kind of out of date. I think that's mostly a function (heh) of the MS F# docs becoming much better (can be found here[6]). These instructions for getting a dev environment set up are pretty good[7]. If you hunt around, you can also find blog posts which may be a little more comprehensive[8][9][10]. [1] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/ [2] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/designing-with-types.html https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/designing-with-type... [3] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/thinking-functionally.html https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/thinking-functional... [4] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/map-and-bind-and-apply-oh-my.html https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/map-and-bind-and-ap... [5] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/site-contents/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/site-contents/ [6] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/ [7] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/get-started/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/get-started/ [8] https://atlemann.github.io/fsharp/2018/01/13/fsharp-on-ubuntu-16-04.html https://atlemann.github.io/fsharp/2018/01/13/fsharp-on-ubunt... [9] http://www.prigrammer.com/?p=363 http://www.prigrammer.com/?p=363 [10] https://medium.com/@edgarsanchezg/four-easy-steps-for-installing-f-in-ubuntu-linux-88122323f12b https://medium.com/@edgarsanchezg/four-easy-steps-for-instal...
  - Nelkins 9y ago
    Also a weekly roundup of F# news can be found here[1]. [1] https://sergeytihon.com/tag/newsf-weekly/ https://sergeytihon.com/tag/newsf-weekly/
andendau 9y ago
F# has hit a huge sweet spot for me in productivity, strong typing, inferred typing, multi-paradigm and syntactic sugar. The tooling just gets better and better. I struggle to think of a language that's so well rounded.
- carlmr 9y ago
  Couldn't agree more. My only wish is more people would use it.
  - eggy 9y ago
    My wish too! I have no issues with F# on Windows or Linux using .NET Core I use F# as my general high-level language and Zig as my C replacement/Rust alternative for low-level work. I can gradually re-write C stuff in Zig, and be productive. [1] - ziglang.org
marmaduke 9y ago
I wanted to get into f# but had a hard time with tooling, cross platform. For example, I'd see a great library and the instructions assume VS while I'm on Linux. There are a variety of build tools and package managers. As Python dev since 10 years I can't point fingers -- Python is probably worse though I've memorized the idiosyncrasies -- but I couldn't justify my way up the tooling learning curve in addition to the language curve.
- phillipcarter 9y ago
  (I work on F# at MS) Do you remember the library? The landscape has changed dramatically in the past ~6 months with .NET Core 2.0 support. For example, I can use Fable[0] and Giraffe[1] with the .NET CLI[2] to build full-stack F# apps on my machine which runs .NET Core. The big remaining blocker for most people to just jump wholesale onto .NET Core and forget anything Windows-based is the lak of Type Provider support, but we're quite close to finishing that. [0] http://fable.io http://fable.io [1] https://github.com/giraffe-fsharp/Giraffe https://github.com/giraffe-fsharp/Giraffe [2] http://dot.net/core http://dot.net/core
  - e12e 9y ago
    > The big remaining blocker for most people to just jump wholesale onto .NET Core and forget anything Windows-based is the lak of Type Provider support, but we're quite close to finishing that. Is there a viable cross platform ui option for f# on core?
    - phillipcarter 9y ago
      Yup! Fable. In fact, a web app written in fable will even run in more places than a .NET Core app due to the reach of browsers.
    - Nelkins 9y ago
      Check out https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia
  - 9y ago

trumpsamerica 9y ago

Do you have a good learning guide and a development guide (setting up ide, vim, tools etc)? I want to jump start into f#

Nelkins 9y ago
For learning the language, there is no better guide than F# for fun and profit. Start here[1], then maybe check out this series[2] and this one[3]. If you want to learn about monads and such, go through this series[4]. Look through this[5] page for other good stuff. Unfortunately, the fsharp.org site is kind of out of date. I think that's mostly a function (heh) of the MS F# docs becoming much better (can be found here[6]). These instructions for getting a dev environment set up are pretty good[7]. If you hunt around, you can also find blog posts which may be a little more comprehensive[8][9][10]. [1] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/ [2] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/designing-with-types.html https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/designing-with-type... [3] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/thinking-functionally.html https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/thinking-functional... [4] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/map-and-bind-and-apply-oh-my.html https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/series/map-and-bind-and-ap... [5] https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/site-contents/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/site-contents/ [6] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/ [7] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/get-started/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/get-started/ [8] https://atlemann.github.io/fsharp/2018/01/13/fsharp-on-ubuntu-16-04.html https://atlemann.github.io/fsharp/2018/01/13/fsharp-on-ubunt... [9] http://www.prigrammer.com/?p=363 http://www.prigrammer.com/?p=363 [10] https://medium.com/@edgarsanchezg/four-easy-steps-for-installing-f-in-ubuntu-linux-88122323f12b https://medium.com/@edgarsanchezg/four-easy-steps-for-instal...
- Nelkins 9y ago
  Also a weekly roundup of F# news can be found here[1]. [1] https://sergeytihon.com/tag/newsf-weekly/ https://sergeytihon.com/tag/newsf-weekly/

andendau 9y ago

F# has hit a huge sweet spot for me in productivity, strong typing, inferred typing, multi-paradigm and syntactic sugar. The tooling just gets better and better. I struggle to think of a language that's so well rounded.

carlmr 9y ago
Couldn't agree more. My only wish is more people would use it.
- eggy 9y ago
  My wish too! I have no issues with F# on Windows or Linux using .NET Core I use F# as my general high-level language and Zig as my C replacement/Rust alternative for low-level work. I can gradually re-write C stuff in Zig, and be productive. [1] - ziglang.org

marmaduke 9y ago

I wanted to get into f# but had a hard time with tooling, cross platform. For example, I'd see a great library and the instructions assume VS while I'm on Linux. There are a variety of build tools and package managers. As Python dev since 10 years I can't point fingers -- Python is probably worse though I've memorized the idiosyncrasies -- but I couldn't justify my way up the tooling learning curve in addition to the language curve.

phillipcarter 9y ago
(I work on F# at MS) Do you remember the library? The landscape has changed dramatically in the past ~6 months with .NET Core 2.0 support. For example, I can use Fable[0] and Giraffe[1] with the .NET CLI[2] to build full-stack F# apps on my machine which runs .NET Core. The big remaining blocker for most people to just jump wholesale onto .NET Core and forget anything Windows-based is the lak of Type Provider support, but we're quite close to finishing that. [0] http://fable.io http://fable.io [1] https://github.com/giraffe-fsharp/Giraffe https://github.com/giraffe-fsharp/Giraffe [2] http://dot.net/core http://dot.net/core
- e12e 9y ago
  > The big remaining blocker for most people to just jump wholesale onto .NET Core and forget anything Windows-based is the lak of Type Provider support, but we're quite close to finishing that. Is there a viable cross platform ui option for f# on core?
  - phillipcarter 9y ago
    Yup! Fable. In fact, a web app written in fable will even run in more places than a .NET Core app due to the reach of browsers.
  - Nelkins 9y ago
    Check out https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia
- 9y ago