Kit Eason
Kit Eason is a highly experienced developer, working in industries from automotive engineering to energy trading. Kit is a Lynda.com/LinkedIn and PluralSight author. He's written software in F# for purposes as diverse as Pension Scheme Valuation, Movie VFX Costing, and Commodities Trading. An F# algorithm he dashed off for a conference demo became part of the UK national energy infrastructure. He talks about F# to whoever will listen.
Talks I've Given
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Keynote: Why F# Changes Lives
Featuring Kit Eason
In this talk, Kit explains why F# has such a transformative effect on people who use it. Kit established that any programming language can be thought of as a belief system, helping us make sense of and manipulate the world. He explores why F# is such an effective belief system. To prove his case,...
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Geo-Art with F# and Ordnance Survey Data
Featuring Kit Eason
A large amount of geo-data for Great Britain is available for free!
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A Gazillion Ways to Test with F# - Audience Level: Beginner
Featuring Kit Eason
Automated testing can be a pain - or a joy! In this talk, you will explore the multitude of technologies and techniques that F#, .NET and Mono developers can use to move the needle in the joyful direction. You will discover basic unit testing with NUnit. Following that, you will take it to the...
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The F# 3.0 SQL Server Type Provider - Very Cool, and Very Useful
Featuring Kit Eason
A practical walkthough of F# 3.0's SQL Server Type provider, and the query {} expression. How to get started. How to write efficient queries. When to use it - and when not to.
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F# - It Won't Happen Here!
Featuring Kit Eason
F# - that strange beast tucked under 'Other languages' in your Visual Studio setup. You don't know much about it, but you are sure of one thing:
"It won't ever get used here!"
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F# - From Requirements to Performant Code
Featuring Kit Eason
In this F# lightning talk, Kit Eason delivers a presentation on "From Requirements to Performant Code, Performant Code"
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Evangelising F# within your organisation
Featuring Kit Eason
You may be a convert to F#. But how do you go about persuading your organisation to make the leap? Kit Eason will be giving a talk on Evangelising F# within your organisation
f# .net functional functional-programming