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F# 5 and F# tools update

Phillip CarterMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

We're excited to announce some updates to F# 5 today! We shipped a lot of preview features since F# 5 preview 1, and they have all been stabilizing since that release. Today, we're happy to announce some minor additions to F# 5 and talk about some pretty cool performance work we've been doing. Here's how you get the latest release: ...

The F# development home on GitHub is now dotnet/fsharp

Phillip CarterMay 20, 2019May 20, 201905/20/19

TL;DR We've moved the F# GitHub repository from microsoft/visualfsharp to dotnet/fsharp, as specified in the corresponding RFC. F# has a somewhat strange history in its name and brand. If we roll back the clocks to the year 2015, F# sort of had two identities. One side of this was Visual F#, or "VisualFSharp"; a product within Visual ...

Announcing F# 4.6

Phillip CarterMarch 29, 2019Mar 29, 201903/29/19

We're excited to announce general availability of F# 4.6 and the F# tools for Visual Studio 2019! In this post, I'll show you how to get started, explain the F# 4.6 feature set, give you an update on the F# tools for Visual Studio, and talk about what we're doing next. F# 4.6 was developed entirely via an open RFC (requests for comments) ...

Submit to the Applied F# Challenge!

Phillip CarterFebruary 5, 2019Feb 5, 201902/5/19

This post was written by Lena Hall, a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft. F# Software Foundation has recently announced their new initiative — Applied F# Challenge! We encourage you to participate and send your submissions about F# on Azure through the participation form. Applied F# Challenge is a new initiative to ...

Announcing F# 4.6 Preview

Phillip CarterJanuary 24, 2019Jan 24, 201901/24/19

F# 4.6 is now fully released. See the announcement blog post for more. We're excited to announce that Visual Studio 2019 will ship a new version of F# when it releases: F# 4.6! F# 4.6 is a smaller update to the F# language, making it a "true" point-release. As with previous versions of F#, F# 4.6 was developed entirely via an open RFC (...

F# language and tools update for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6

Phillip CarterMarch 6, 2018Mar 6, 201803/6/18

With the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6, we’re excited to share updates to the F# language and core library, F# tooling in Visual Studio, and infrastructure updates that concern OSS contributors. Let’s dive in! F# language and core library updates Some foundational changes for the F# language and core library have been ...

Announcing F# support for .NET Core and .NET Standard projects in Visual Studio

Phillip CarterNovember 15, 2017Nov 15, 201711/15/17

We're pleased to announce that Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 4 now supports F# projects targeting .NET Core, .NET Standard, and .NET Framework through the .NET Core SDK. Some of you have noticed various levels of this support in the first, second, and third previews. We still had a few work items left to complete when those were released, so...

Build a web service with F# and .NET Core 2.0

Phillip CarterSeptember 26, 2017Sep 26, 201709/26/17

Earlier this year, I wrote about an update to the roadmap for F# and .NET Core. I had mentioned that there were a number of things you could build with F# and .NET Core today, such as web services. In this post, I'll walk through building a web service with F# and .NET Core 2.0 using the Giraffe library. It's also worth noting that Giraffe ...

F# and .NET Core Roadmap Update

Phillip CarterAugust 14, 2017Aug 14, 201708/14/17

Now that .NET Core 2.0 has been released, we wanted to take some time to talk about F# and .NET Core. F# and .NET Core 1.0 F# has been supported on .NET Core and .NET Standard since their 1.0 releases. In the months leading up to the release of .NET Core 1.0, Enrico Sada from the F# community worked with us and other teams at Microsoft to add...

.NET Fringe: A Great Role Model for Community Oriented Conferences

Immo LandwerthJune 12, 2017Jun 12, 201706/12/17

A few of us just went to a smaller .NET conference in Portland, called .NET Fringe. For me, it was the third time I attended .NET Fringe. I've realized that this conference has gained a special place in my heart, so thought it would be worthwhile writing up why that is. My goal isn't to convince you to attend .NET Fringe per se, but to ...

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