Double Take: Functional Programming Day

We are having specialty days with double sessions!
Today's menu:
- Why Every Day as a Developer Would Be Easier with F# (Urs Enzler)
- Functional Programming with C# (Simon Painter)

Session: Why Every Day as a Developer Would Be Easier with F#
Description:
Those who develop with .NET probably do so with C#. But F#, in particular, has great potential to make daily work easier. Everything that C# can do can also be done with F#, and often in a more lightweight and less error-prone way. If you want to see where the differences are and why F# is a good programming language for normal software development, come to this session! And don't worry, the talk is free of functional programming jargon – I promise!

Session: Functional Programming with C#
Description
Functional Programming is becoming increasingly popular and relevant with each year that goes by. With so much discussion around languages such as F#, Haskell and Erlang, it can seem as though getting started with Functional programming would mean first learning a whole new syntax...but what if it didn't?
Most .NET developers are familiar with the use of Linq, and basic constructs such as IEnumerable, Func delegates, arrow functions and ternary expressions, but did you know that you can use all of this to implement some of the most powerful patterns and techniques from the world of functional programming?
This talk will demonstrate how, using only familiar features available in out-of-the-box C#, to write Functional code that is:
* More robust
* Easier to read
* Easier to maintain
As well as these benefits, Functional code is a great enabler for the use of concurrency with Async functions and Serverless applications with technologies such as Azure Functions.

About Urs Enzler:
Urs Enzler is a .Net developer since .Net was born. As a software architect, he builds flexible, reliable and maintainable software together with his team.

About Simon Painter:
I've been working as a .NET developer for over 16 years now in a variety of industries including government, retail and manufacturing. But as a coder, I've been playing with making computers do whatever my crazed imagination could devise since I was old enough to read my Dad's copy of the ZX Spectrum BASIC coders manual.
I've been speaking about Functional C# at various user groups and conferences around the UK, USA, and India, and am particularly interested in seeing just how far we can push the capabilities of C#.
When I'm not coding, or running after my two small children, I have been known to enjoy the classic series of Doctor Who, Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, Cryptic Crosswords, and rather more coffee than is probably good for me.