Since F# became a first class language in Visual Studio 2010, it has been gaining popularity amount the industry and academic communities. In this talk, we will first look at the F# value propositions through a set of interesting demos. We’ll also take a look at current industry adoptions, who uses F#, why, and what they gain from it. The majority of the talk will be technical and look at the more innovative aspects of F# 3.0 TypeProvider and Query that help to simplify programming.
- F# 3.0 TypeProvider and Query features
- Tutorial for using TypeproviderEmit API to write a SkyDrive typeprovider

Biography:

Jack Hu is a Software Design Engineer\Test in Microsoft Visual Studio F# Team. Since he join Microsoft in 2005, He have participated in the design and development of Project Designer, VB.net LinQ, VB.net XML literal, Debugging, and Visual Studio 2010 WPF editor features. Jack obtained his undergraduate and master degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Since F# became a first class language in Visual Studio 2010, it has been gaining popularity amount the industry and academic communities. In this talk, we will first look at the F# value propositions through a set of interesting demos. We’ll also take a look at current industry adoptions, who uses F#, why, and what they gain from it. The majority of the talk will be technical and look at the more innovative aspects of F# 3.0 TypeProvider and Query that help to simplify programming.
- F# 3.0 TypeProvider and Query features
- Tutorial for using TypeproviderEmit API to write a SkyDrive typeprovider