Building Web, Cloud, and Mobile Solutions with F#: Create Scalable Apps with ASP.NET MVC 4, Azure, Web Sockets, and More

by Daniel Mohl

Overview

Learn how to build key aspects of web, cloud, and mobile solutions by combining F# with various .NET and open source technologies. With helpful examples, this hands-on book shows you how to tackle concurrency, asynchrony, and other server-side challenges. You’ll quickly learn how to be productive with F#, whether you want to integrate the language into your existing web application or use it to create the next Twitter.

If you’re a mid- to senior-level .NET programmer, you’ll discover how this expressive functional-first language helps you write robust, maintainable, and reusable solutions that scale easily and target multiple devices.

• Use F# with ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, WCF, Windows Azure, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery Mobile, and other tools
• Build next-generation ASP.NET MVC 4 web applications, using F# to do the heavy lifting on the server
• Create WCF SOAP and HTTP web services
• Develop F# web applications and services that run on Windows Azure
• Build scalable solutions that allow reuse by mobile and web front-ends
• Use F# with the WebSharper and Pit frameworks to build end-to-end web stacks

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449333768
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/21/2012
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Daniel Mohl is a Microsoft F# MVP, F# and C# Insider, blogger, speaker, and event organizer. He blogs at blog.danielmohl.com and you can follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/dmohl.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Building an ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application with F#
• Chapter 2: Creating Web Services with F#
• Chapter 3: To the Cloud! Taking Advantage of Azure
• Chapter 4: Constructing Scalable Web and Mobile Solutions
• Chapter 5: Functional Frontend Development
• Useful Tools and Libraries
• Useful Websites
• Client-Side Technologies That Go Well with F#
• Colophon