Michael Bevilacqua-Linn on 29 Nov 2010 19:59:38 -0800


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Re: Learning F# with Games


Hmm,

I'd love to go as well, if there's room.

Thanks,
MBL

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Stanley Chen <stanley.z.chen@gmail.com> wrote:
count me in as well.  

Stan


On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Gavin M. Roy <gmr@myyearbook.com> wrote:
+1 if it's not too late.  Sounds really interesting.

Gavin

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Aaron Feng <aaron.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been in contact with Richard Minerich, one of the authors of
> Professional F#, about coming to Philly to do an F# training /
> presentation.  I thought it would be interesting for him to run a
> similar, but _different_, tutorial that he ran at CUFP
> (http://cufp.org/conference/sessions/2010/f-20-day-beach) for us.
>
> Basically Richard wrote an ants simulation game to teach people about
> F#.  You can tweak the behavior of the game using DSL he has written
> or tweak the AI in F# to get better results.  The contestants battle
> each other in the end!  Richard's blog has more concrete details about
> the tutorial: http://richardminerich.com/2010/10/cufp-a-day-at-the-beach
>
> As many of you already know F# is currently an official open source
> project under the Apache 2.0 license and can run under Mono. This
> tutorial will _NOT_ require a Windows machine. Please bring your Mac
> or Linux box if you prefer.  I will help Richard to make this happen
> to ensure everyone has a great experience.
>
> This will likely happen early next year on a Saturday.  The whole
> tutorial should run between 4 -6 hours. Since Richard will be
> traveling to Philly and there are a lot of logistics I need to figure
> out, I need to know ahead of time how many people are interested in
> this.
>
> This tutorial doesn't assume you know anything about F#. In fact, you
> can still play the game via the DSL.
>
> For those you are interested in learning about FP this is a great
> chance to learn it the fun way.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> Pro F# 2.0
> http://www.amazon.com/Professional-F-2-0-Ted-Neward/dp/047052801X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290042332&sr=8-1
>