Learning F# Functional Data Structures and Algorithms

Book Description

If you have just started your adventure with F#, then this book will help you take the right steps to become a successful F# coder. An intermediate knowledge of imperative programming concepts, and a basic understanding of the algorithms and data structures in .NET environments using the C# language and BCL (Base Class Library), would be helpful.

What you will learn

• Familiarize yourself with the functional programming nature of F# and explore its fundamentals
• Utilize data structures available in F# and apply recursion and lazy evaluation
• Gain insights into functional programming paradigms; dissect F# code and analyze code available in community projects
• Build abstract data structures and utilize powerful optimization techniques such as memoization
• Explore and test builtin F# bespoke data structures and algorithms
• Become resourceful and learn how to easily reuse libraries contributed by the C# and F# community
• Understand the tradeoffs in selecting purely functional (persistent) over mutable data structures
• Implement custom ADT (Abstract Data Type), and discover parallel programming and asynchrony within F#

Who this book is for

If you have just started your adventure with F#, then this book will help you take the right steps to become a successful F# coder. An intermediate knowledge of imperative programming concepts, and a basic understanding of the algorithms and data structures in .NET environments using the C# language and BCL (Base Class Library), would be helpful.