One of the great new features in Visual Studio 2013 is the ability to view function return values in the debugger.  This works not just for C# and VB, but for F#, as well.  We didn’t include this in our list of new Visual F# tools features for F# 3.1, but we think it will make many F# developers happy nonetheless!     It even works for curried and anonymous functions, if you step through the code.

We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview release of version 3.1 of the F# language, with matching Visual F# tooling. These are included with the Visual Studio 2013 Preview Release announced at //BUILD/ and on Soma’s blog. F# as a language is both open source and available for cross-platform use through the work of the F# Software Foundation and other contributors. Language design and compiler implementation are two of Microsoft’s contributions to the language, as well as the Visual F# too[...]

Join the next F# Meetup in Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday evening, looking at network-analysis data mining with F# - We’ll continue working on the problem of how to analyze packets of network data. Last month we saw how to use the open source WireShark utility to capture network data in XML format, and we used F#’s language features and System.XML to map the data into a stream of F# records. This month we’ll enhance the F# data structures and develop some algorithms for discovering patterns. Presented By: Rich[...]

Tomorrow night (Wednesday, May 29, 2013) the Zurich F# Meetup Group has a session on Embrace the Cloud with F#. The next meetup of the Zurich F# Users will take place on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 18:45 at NetException GmbH (as usual). If you attend for the first time, make sure to have this announcement with you. It contains a correct view of the location (the view on Google maps is slightly wrong). The first half hour will be for networking/socializing, with sandwiches and drinks included. After that, Pa[...]

The indefatigable Sir Eel has published a series on the The Windows Azure Training Kit in F#. Part 3 covers Using Entity Framework with an Azure Database. Part 1 - WATK in F#, Part 1: Building and Publishing Windows Azure Web Sites Part 2 - WATK in F#, Part 2: Deploying an Azure Web Site with Git Part 3 - WATK in F#, Part 3: Using Entity Framework with an Azure Database In Part 1 and Part 2 we skipped the database part of the HOL to concentrate on web deployment. Now it's time to complete the lab by hookin[...]