F# : Hello World Console Application

By Abhishek Shukla

Hey guys,

I am always exited to learn something new and hope you guys feel the same way. Today i am going to share as to how we can write a Hello World console application in F#. Hope you have VS 2010 installed.

- Go to File --> New Project

- Navigate to Other languages --> F# --> Windows --> F# Application

New F# Project

- If you open the references tab you could see a reference to FSharp.Core

 

FSharp.Core

- Now write the following code in program.fs file. You will see that i have added comments along all the lines to explain what each line does.

Code for F# Hello World Console App

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Press control F5 and you would see the following screen

Console Screen

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Enter some text and press Enter Key and you would see the screen below:

Console Screen

Any comments, feedback or questions are more than welcome.