Official entry point is here: Microsoft F# Developer Center
For a quick taste, consider trying F# in your browser (Silverlight). (contains interactive tutorial walkthroughs)
Start by watching videos and presentations (BTW, An Introduction to Microsoft F# by Luca Bolognese is still one of the best presentations on the subject). Then read the following two must-read books:
- Programming F#: A comprehensive guide for writing simple code to solve complex problems by Chris Smith
- Expert F# 2.0 (Expert’s Voice in F#) by Don Syme, Adam Granicz, and Antonio Cisternino
and in addition to that…
Quick Links
- Visual Studio (F# is standard feature of professional editions of VS2010 and VS2012)
- Get F# Tools for Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web (free 2012 tools release info)
- Download the F# November 2010 CTP (free 2010 tools release info)
- Learn F# via MSDN resources
- The F# 2.0 Language Specification (PDF) (F# 3.0 spec to appear)
- MSDN docs for F# (language reference, library reference)
- F# Programming at Wikibooks (there are lots of samples)
- F# Samples and Walkthroughs
- F# 3.0 Sample Pack
- In-browser tutorials at Try F# (requires Silverlight)
- The F# Foundation has lots of resources
Community
Q&A
- F# tags here on StackOverflow
- F# MSDN forum
- F# on fpish
Blogging/publishing
- F# Community Blogs
- fpound.net aggregator
- F# on twitter
- F# on github (fsharpx)
- F# team blog
Meetup Groups
- New York City F# User Group
- Chicago F# Users
- F# Seattle User Group
- The San Francisco Bay Area F# User Group
- F#unctional Londoners Meetup Group
- The Zurich FSharp Users Meetup Group
Videos
- F# videos on Channel9
- F# “How do I…?” videos on MSDN
Other Books
- Foundations of F# (Expert’s Voice in .Net) by Robert Pickering (May 2007)
- Beginning F# by Robert Pickering (Dec 2009)
- Real World Functional Programming by Tomas Petricek & Jon Skeet (Jan 2010)
- Visual F# 2010 For Technical Computing by Dr Jon Harrop (Apr 2010)
- Friendly F# by Giulia Costantini and Giuseppe Maggiore (Aug 2011)
Tools needed
Visual Studio:
- F# is built in to professional editions of VS2010 and VS2012.
- F# is available as a add-on component to Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web.
- Alternatively you can also install the VS2010 integrated shell (free download). Then install the CTP MSI, for a free VS2010 version of F# 2.0.
MonoDevelop:
- You can find lots of information about using F# within MonoDevelop here. The F# compiler and fsi.exe are now part of the Mono distribution.