6 Month Contract Position at MSR Cambridge: Cross-Platform and Web-Delivered Data-Rich Programming with F# 3.0

  Microsoft Research are seeking candidates for a 6-month contract position in F# programming to help improve the capabilities of F# in the area of cross-platform and web-delivered data-rich programming. The candidate should have several of the following: Excellent F# programming skills Experience with ASP.NET, Web, Silverlight and/or Javascript programming Experience with implementing tooling for typed … Continue reading 6 Month Contract Position at MSR Cambridge: Cross-Platform and Web-Delivered Data-Rich Programming with F# 3.0

Updates to the August 2011 F# 2.0 Compiler Code Drop

Over on the F# team blog we've announced Updates to the August 2011 F# 2.0 Compiler Code Drop   As announced at the Microsoft Research 20th Anniversary event in Cambridge UK, we have updated the F# 2.0 compiler source code drop to include changes related to the http://www.tryfsharp.org web application. The code drop is the … Continue reading Updates to the August 2011 F# 2.0 Compiler Code Drop

Simple F# ViewModel for Silverlight MVVM

The wonderful F# Snippets community site continues to be a source of great inspiration, guidance and samples in the practical use of F# in all sorts of domains The latest addition is a "Simple F# ViewModel for Silverlight MVVM". F# is an excellent language for implementing Silverlight View Model components and using them in Expression Blend. Silverlight … Continue reading Simple F# ViewModel for Silverlight MVVM

Update to the F# 2.0 Free Tools Release, Corresponding to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (April 2011 CTP)

We have announced a small update to the F# 2.0 Free Tools release over on the recently created F# Team Blog. Here's the introduction to the release announcement: Today the F# team has released an update to the F# 2.0 Free Tools Release, last updated in August 2010. This is a relatively small update to bring … Continue reading Update to the F# 2.0 Free Tools Release, Corresponding to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (April 2011 CTP)

FSharp.Charting – Wrapping the System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting Charting Types (was FSharpChart)

[ Edit: The latest version of FSharp.Charting can be found here ] I'm just back from giving an F# talk at Microsoft TechDays in Sweden, which was a very enjoyable trip. One of the things I show in my talks these days is the use of the .NET 4.0 charting controls with F# to display … Continue reading FSharp.Charting – Wrapping the System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting Charting Types (was FSharpChart)

Project templates for F# games, libraries and applications on Windows Phone 7 using XNA

 Johann Deneux and Giuseppe Maggiore have been putting together templates for F# games, libraries and applications for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) XNA. This extends Dan Mohl's great work on templates for list, panorama and vanilla applications. Like all other templates on Visual Studio Gallery, these are ALL available via online templates from Visual Studio 2010 … Continue reading Project templates for F# games, libraries and applications on Windows Phone 7 using XNA

F# PowerPack May 2010 – now for Silverlight

Dmitry Lomov from the F# team has announced the May 2010 version of the F# PowerPack: Today we release a new version of F# PowerPack - an open-source collection of libraries and tools for use with F# programming language provided by F# team at Microsoft. Starting from this release, F# PowerPack installation includes PowerPack libraries built … Continue reading F# PowerPack May 2010 – now for Silverlight