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I'm learning F# now. The language is nice but pulling dependencies into the interactive shell is proving difficult. After a few attempts I found I could use #r to pull in dependencies. Then I found where the NuGet packages were hiding in my home dir. Finally I could reference the Fsharp.Data.dll! Then XML type provider not found....

Frustrating when I just want to play around.

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Cough: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/tools/fsharp-...

Should be a bit easier!

Thank you!

Gah lots to learn.

:-).

F# tooling (e.g IDE support) is infuriatingly not as good as C#. Yet at the same time, the tooling is pretty decent, especially for a functional language.

I've been using F# 5.0's new features with dotnet interactive notebooks and the experience, when working correctly, is pretty nice. Dotnet interactive notebooks still has some rough edges to smooth out (and it's currently only available to VS Code Insiders) but, eventually, I think the new syntax coupled with dotnet interactive notebooks will make it a lot easier for people to try out F# and work through some problems/examples.

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