Meetup[19] - Pizza + Introduction to Functional Programming in F#
Details
• What we'll do
Why not start a New Year by learning something new?
Ian Russell will be giving a talk on Introducing Functional Programming in F#
"Forget what you have heard about functional programming. Fancy words, wierd ideas, bad tooling. Barf." - Evan Czaplicki (Creator of elm)
F# is a functional-first programming language for .Net Core which helps you to tackle any computing problems with simple, maintainable and robust code. In this session, Ian Russell will get you started on the road to thinking and writing code functionally.
Bio: Ian has over 25 years of software development experience and a wealth of Functional Programming knowledge.
Schedule:
18:00 - Arrival
18:30 - Food (We will be providing pizza and refreshments)
19:00 - Introduction to F#
20:00 - Finish + To the pub?
• Important to know
There should be someone to greet you at the entrance of Fore 2 building as it requires a card to get in. If you do get in without a card and there isn't anyone to greet you, we are located on the 1st Floor of Fore 2.