Name: Eight Reasons to Try F#
Start: 2025-09-18T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-18T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 1780 Hughes Landing Blvd #1100

T﻿his is a great opportunity to create community, relationships, and learn about new technology!

**S﻿CHEDULE**

5﻿:30pm - Arrival/Registration + Food/Drinks + Networking

6﻿:00pm - Speaker/Presentation

7:15pm - Food/Drinks + Networking

8﻿:00pm - End

**FOOD/DRINKS**

Food and drinks will be provided! Please contact us if you have any dietary restrictions/food allergies.

**DIRECTIONS AND PARKING INSTRUCTIONS**

Meeting will be held in the offices of SmartDraw Software, 1780 Hughes Landing Blvd #1100 on the 11th floor.

Enter through the main doors of the building and take the elevator to the 11th floor; the door to SmartDraw's suite is in the elevator lobby on the 11th floor.

If you arrive at 1780 Hughes Landing after 6pm, a member of the SmartDraw team will help you enter the building then travel up to the 11th floor.

*Parking*:

Park in the garage directly opposite. You'll need to take a ticket to enter but there is no fee to leave - parking is free.

**Speaker & Talk**

**Chris Bremer**

Chris will be discussing the following:

***Eight Reasons to Try F#***

Many F# introductions follow the same pattern: a dutiful introduction to syntax, a few allusions to functional programming, a "Hello World" code sample. I'm not sure these presentations have ever convinced anyone to try F#.

In this talk, I will build (...and break) an application to show off the killer language features that keep me coming back to .NET's \*other\* language.

**P.S. We're looking for speakers for 2025!**

Do you have insights, projects, or expertise you'd like to share with the NHDNUG community? Whether you're an experienced speaker or presenting for the first time, we'd love to feature you in one of our upcoming meetups!

If you're interested in speaking at one of our 2025 meetups (held the 3rd Thursday of each month), email us at hi@petabridge.com to discuss your topic ideas, or complete this form: https://forms.gle/aVzeVpvVhAkdfWLy7

Thank you!

Aaron Stannard

North Houston .Net Users Group

.NET Foundation

SmartDraw makes awesome drawing/diagraming software

SmartDraw

Technology

.NET

Web Development

Open Source

JavaScript

ASP.NET

Typescript

Computer Programming

Programming Languages

Microsoft Azure

Cross Platform Development

Chris is the software simulation manager at NOV ReedHycalog in Conroe TX, where he manages a team of engineers and data scientists. His group supports the drill bit design team by providing on demand wellbore simulation and analysis. Prior to working in software, Chris was a research mathematician studying algebraic geometry and representation theory at University of Chicago and Louisiana State University.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbremer4/

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