Functional languages like LISP have traditionally been considered a niche, academic langage not widely used in the business world. Lately these languages have been experience a surge of popularity as developer rediscover their benefits and find ways to apply them to everyday business development. F#, based on the .NET platform, bring all the power of a functional language to a familiar environment and framework. This presentation will explain what F# is, how it is different from other .NET languages you are using and how to start leveraging it�s power in your day to day development right away!

Presented by Amanda Laucher and James Bender

Amanda has been doing development and architecture for 8 years for organizations of all sizes and is currently interested in pushing agile methodologies. She has become infatuated with F# and functional programming.

James has been involved in software development and architecture for 13 years. He has worked as a developer and architect on everything from small, single user applications to Enterprise scale multi-user systems. James usually tries to think of something clever to put at the end of his bio, but thus far has been unsuccessful. Oh well, maybe next year.