Course Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of web standards such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Basic understanding of F#.

What you will learn

• How to create reusable web components using F#.
• How to use formlets for constructing dynamic web forms.
• How to integrate with existing ASP.NET sites.
• How to extend WebSharper™ by creating bindings to your favorite JavaScript library.
• How to ensure high quality code using the built-in testing framework.
• How to apply functional programming techniques to the web domain.

1. WebSharper™ Basics
   • Building pagelets
     • Defining a pagelet
     • Embedding pagelets in ASP.NET markup
   • Constructing HTML
     • Working with HTML combinators
     • Adding CSS and attributes
     • Adding events
     • Using jQuery operators
   • Understanding the IWidget interface
2. WebSharper™ Continued
   • An overview of the WebSharper™ framework
   • The server-client tier
     • Working with data on server and client
     • Using RPC methods for calling the server
     • Synchronous and asynchronous server calls
   • Using the core F# and .NET libraries
     • List
     • Array
     • Sequence
     • Map
     • Set
   • Working with resources
     • Defining JavsScript and CSS resources
     • Expressing dependencies between resources
   • Integrating with ASP.NET
     • Embedding server-side values
3. Designing applications with WebSharper™
   • Creating IWidgets and HTML templating.
     • Implementing custom IWidgets
   • Using the built-in testing framework
     • Defining random test cases
   • Using reactive programming
     • Working with events
     • Working with IObservables
4. Formlets and flowlets
   • Building basic formlets
     • Using basic formlet controls
     • Handling formlet results
     • Composing formlets
     • Creating formlets of custom types
   • Enhancing formlets
     • Adding validation
     • Adding labels
     • Adding legends
     • Adding form containers
   • Creating dependent formlets
     • Using the Bind function
     • Using the formlet workflow builder
   • Building flowlets
     • Using the flowlet Bind function
     • Using the flowlet workflow builder
     • Combining formlets and flowlets
5. Advanced formlets
   • Understanding the formlet type
   • Creating custom formlets
     • Building a formlet from scratch
     • Checking formlets for correctness
   • Creating dependent formlets with custom layout
6. Extending WebSharper™
   • Binding JavaScript libraries
     • Creating basic bindings
     • Wrapping configuration objects
     • Implementing the IWidget interface
   • Proxying .NET classes/namespaces
     • Creating proxy types