A Guest Blog in conjunction with Alexandre Radicchi (alex.radi@gmail.com) F# is an attractive language to use in Financial Engineering because of its functional-first methodology, succinctness, strong typing, data-integration, stability, maturity, tooling and performance, as well as its supported editions in Visual Studio, its open-source edition, its cross-platform execution and its widespread availability. You can learn more about using F# for Financial Engineering through the excellent tutorials on Try [...]

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[ The CRM type provider sample is available as the FSharpx.TypeProviders.Xrm NuGet package. The namespace has changed from "Samples" to "FSharpx" The updates below are in the process of being transferred into FSharpx package ] Part 1 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider SamplePart 2 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider Sample - Static ParametersPart 3 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider Sample - Updated Functionality An update of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM type provider sample is now ava[...]

[ Update: the CRM type provider is now available as the FSharpx.TypeProviders.Xrm NuGet package. The namespace has changed from "Samples" to "FSharpx" ] Part 1 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider SamplePart 2 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider Sample - Static Parameters The CRM Type Provider Sample in the F# 3.0 Sample Pack supports several interesting static parameters that determine how CRM is integrated into the F# programming language. The parameters are as follows: OrganizationServ[...]

[ Update: the CRM type provider is now available as the FSharpx.TypeProviders.Xrm NuGet package. The namespace has changed from "Samples" to "FSharpx" ]  Part 1 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider SamplePart 2 - The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Type Provider Sample - Static Parameters We're pleased to announce that a new type provider sample has been added to the F# 3.0 Sample Pack: the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 type provider. For those in a hurry, you can watch a short screencast here(a longer version [...]