Sharp Beginnings

Introduction to Computer Programming using F#, taught through weekly lunchbag sessions. Assignments and tests to come in the form of specflow acceptance tests.

Please keep in mind that this is a course for beginners.

For Windows users, please follow theses instructions here. Once your system is setup, to build test your assignments, run the command:

fake.bat

For Unix (Ubuntu, Mac OSX, etc), please follow these instructions here. Once your system is setup, to build test your assignments, run the command:

./fake

Curriculum

Note: This is still in flux. More specflow/workshop assignments needed.

Part 1: Programming basics

• Numbers (integers, floating point numbers)
• Pattern matching
• Collections (Arrays, Tuples, List, Dictionary)
• Strings (String manipulation)
• Recursion
• Boolean logic (conditionals)
• Mutable vs Immutable
• Looping

Part 2: Applied F#

• Functions (Higher Order Functions)
• Type Providers (parsing JSON, CSV, other format)
• Network communication (REST, SOAP, WMQ)

Part 3: Testing with F#

• Unit Testing
• Testing a website: Canopy & TickSpec with F#
• Testing a SOAP endpoint
• Testing a Messaging endpoint
• Testing a REST endpoint
• Connecting to databases (Oracle, Sql Server)
• File I/O

Part 4: Advanced F#

• Recursion
• Currying
• FAKE (Make for F#)
• Threading

Workshop

For Part 1:

• Sorting
• String Deduplication
• Fibonacci
• Christmas tree problem

Assignments

• Fizz buzz
• Christmas tree problem
• build a telephone registry application

For assignments, look at:

• coursera scala classes
• SICP book (CHapter 1 & 2)
• www.CS50.tv
• Interview questions
• projecteuler.com