First hand experience with F#

I have been studying F# lately and more I read more i fall for functional programming languages.

I have also developing a REST service over last few weeks using Service Stack framework for restfull services in  C#.

To play around with F# i have decided to migrate my same service from C# to F# with ServiceStack  itself .

Below 3  new things for me to explore  at same time

• — Differences between F#2.0 and F# 3.0
• — first hand functional programming experience
• — F# with Service Stack ( console hosting)

Below are are the outcomes of my migration:

• Clear code
• Less code about 60% less code
• No hit and trial , code worked in first compilation
• Faster development time (over 50% gain)

I will explore more and hopefully i choose this as main programming language for my upcoming Large size project.

Resources for F#

TryF#

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/hh388569.aspx

http://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/

http://sergeytihon.wordpress.com/tag/f/