F# is a functional programming language that runs on .NET. It has a great community behind it, and now comes included with .NET Core.

In this episode, Phillip Carter (@_cartermp) joins Rich (@runfaster2000) to talk about what is new for the F# language. Phillip talks about where F# fits in the family of .NET languages and how it compares to C#. He also gives us a demo of the tooling in Visual Studio, and talks to us about how to get started

[00:47] - Why would someone pick F#

[02:28] - How does F# compare to other families of languages

[03:40] - Is F# more of an academic language?

[04:44] - How approachable is F#

[05:50] - What's new in the Visual Studio tooling for F#?

[11:00] - What are F# type providers?

[23:53] - How do you get setup with F# in Visual Studio?

Check out these links below to learn more about the F# language.