Design Patterns in F#

6:30 to 7:00 pm - "Using F# with an Existing Codebase" Wesley Wiser

Main Session 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm

Who: Steve Goguen is a Senior Software Developer at CRH where he's excited to back working with .NET and F# after a 2 year hiatus at a start-up in Delaware. He looks forward to returning to the NYC area where has been an occasional speaker at the NYC F# user group.

What: Since it was first published in 1994, Design Patterns and the Gang of Four (GoF) have influenced hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of software developers around the world and giving us a vocabulary to describe common solutions to common problems. While Design Patterns has been hailed by some, it's also been heavily criticized by others. Some critics describe Design Patterns as a prescription of complex solutions to simple problems, while others point out how their favorite language makes certain patterns irrelevant. In this presentation, we'll explore how F# changes how we look at some of these patterns from its hybrid functional/object-oriented point of view.

Pizza and Raffled off prizes for the attendees

Where: Microsoft Technology Center (5404 Wisconsin Ave. Ste. 700 Chevy Chase, MD 20815)

Travel Metro is your best bet; the Microsoft office is located above the Friendship Heights on the Red Line.

There is free parking after 6:00 pm beyond the Building.