F# Hands-On: A Pleasant Round of Code Golf in F#

In this hands-on session, we'll be having a game of Code Golf, where the objective is to complete your program in as few (key)strokes as possible.

Throw caution and good programming practice to the wind in your quest for an ever-decreasing character count! Well-named variables? Not today my friend. Sensibly modularized code structure? Hell no! Comments? You must be kidding...

Although the main aim is to have fun, it's also a great way to improve your F# language knowledge. Do you really need those parentheses? Is pattern matching more concise than an If? Isn't there an operator that does this?! All these questions and more will be asked, and hopefully answered, on the night.

Suitable for any level of F# experience, but knowledge of at least the basic syntax will be very useful. Just bring your laptop, check out fsharp.org (http://fsharp.org/) for instructions on how to get F# ready on your machine. If you have one, ready to run some F# - we'll be working pairs, so don't worry!

See you at the first tee!

Logistics

• Courtesy of our awesome sponsor ThoughtWorks (https://www.thoughtworks.com/locations/san-francisco), we'll have food & drinks.

• We'll open the doors around 6:00, meet & greet - and start coding / pair programming around 6:30