fun(ctional) with f#

Functional programming has become a serious force in main stream development. A new breed of languages are growing in popularity in many ecosystems. F# for the CLR, Scala and Clojure on the JVM, Haskell, and even functional aspects of Javascript. Come see what all the buzz is about as we explore some of F#’s distinct features and strengths. We will start with new language constructs in F#, cover Type Providers, DSLs in F#, and demo canopy, a UI automation and testing framework written in F#.

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Speaker Bio

Chris is a developer with a passion for F#. His journey through the software world has had him building frontends, backends, and automation suites. In his free time he develops an open source testing framework called canopy.

Make sure to attend, because in addition to our awesome presenter, we have some way cool prizes!

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