F# : Hello World Console Application

 

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

    New F# Project

     

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

 

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

    Code for F# Hello World Console App

  • Press control F5 and you would see the following screen

    Console Screen

    Console Screen

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

    Console Screen

    Console Screen

Any comments, feedback or questions are more than welcome.