Functional Koans - F#
Inspired by EdgeCase's fantastic Ruby koans, the goal of the F# koans is to teach you F# through testing.
When you first run the koans, you'll be presented with a runtime error and a stack trace indicating where the error occurred. Your goal is to make the error go away. As you fix each error, you should learn something about the F# language and functional programming in general.
Your journey towards F# enlightenment starts in the AboutAsserts.fs file. These koans will be very simple, so don't overthink them! As you progress through more koans, more and more F# syntax will be introduced which will allow you to solve more complicated problems and use more advanced techniques.
Running with GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces is a free platform to run F# Koans completely in your browser, no install or setup required! Just go to https://github.com/ChrisMarinos/FSharpKoans/codespaces and click "New CodeSpace"
Running with Docker
To launch in watch mode using docker run the following command;
$ ./docker.sh
Prerequisites
The F# Koans needs .NET 6.0 to be built and run. Make sure that you have installed it before building the project. This is the long-term support release of .NET that many modern F# and .NET applications use.
Additionally, the project provides Visual Studio Code configuration for running. To be able to run F# projects in Visual Studio Code, the Ionide plugin should be also installed.
Running the Koans from the command line (.Net Core)
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To build the Koans, run
dotnet build
command in the project root. -
To run the Koans, run
dotnet run --project FSharpKoans/FSharpKoans.fsproj
in the root directory ordotnet run
inFSharpKoans
project directory.
Running the Koans in Visual Studio Code
- Open the project directory in Visual Studio Code with Ionide-fsharp plugin installed and press F5 to build and launch the Koans (some time is needed to build the project before launch).
Running the Koans from a Devcontainer
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Install the Remote - Containers extension in Visual Studio Code.
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Open the directory inside a Devcontainer.
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Open a terminal and start using the Koans.
Using dotnet-watch
You can also use dotnet-watch to have your changes reloaded automatically.
To do so, navigate into FSharpKoans
directory and run dotnet watch run
. Now, after you change the project code, it will be automatically reloaded and tests rerun.