F# Hands-On: Fractal Forest Dojo

6:30 to 7:00 pm "n00b Presentation" - Running code very. slowly. with the Replay Monad and BindFlow Server

Who: DC F#'s own Jason Kleban is a computer scientist, workflow specialist, and creator of BindFlow. BindFlow is an enterprise-class, supremely expressive, and SDLC-optimized workflow server. Jason will demonstrate the functional programming style inspiration for BindFlow as a Replay monad in F#.

Main Session 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

What: In this session, we'll have some fun, dig into some recursion and fractals, and create beautiful (one can hope...) tree drawings, along the lines of this one:

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/4/e/c/600_321509932.jpeg

... or maybe this one?

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/3/a/c/600_321509612.jpeg

You can find more inspiring images at http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/create-fractals-with-recursive-drawing

This session will be organized as a dojo / interactive workshop. Come over, write some code together, and learn yourself some F# for great good! No prior experience required, F# beginners are very welcome - it will be a great opportunity to see F# in action, learn together, and see why F# is awesome.

To get the most from the session, please try and bring a laptop along with F# installed (ideally either MonoDevelop or Visual Studio Web Express/Full Edition). Check out fsharp.org (http://fsharp.org/) for instructions on how to get F# ready on your machine.

To get the most from the session please try and bring a laptop along with F# installed (ideally either MonoDevelop or Visual Studio Web Express/Full Edition).

The best resource on setting up F# for various environments is the F# Software Foundation (http://fsharp.org/), where you can find instructions for Mac, Linux and Windows.

Pizza and Raffled off prizes for all the attendees

Where: B-Line Medical is located 2 blocks south of the Dupont Circle metro stop (red line). Exit on dupont south and the building is at the corner of 19th and N street NW. Driving is not encouraged as parking will be extremely difficult. The building needs a key card to get in after 6pm but Riccardo and Khiem will be hanging around outside to let people in. B-Line medical is on the first floor of the building right around the corner at the end of the hallway.