Re: Learning F# with Games

[Dan Mead <d.w.mead@gmail.com>]

any update on this?

On Nov 30 2010, 9:33 pm, mateti <mat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds interesting...I'm in.
>
> On Nov 22, 4:53 pm, Aaron Feng <aaron.f...@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# 2.0http://www.amazon.com/Professional-F-2-0-Ted-Neward/dp/047052801X/ref...
>
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