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The Sense of Style

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In this chapter I talk about why we as F# developers need a style guide, and what such a guide should look like. I also outline a few principles that, independent of language, great developers follow: the principles of semantic focus, revisability, motivational transparency, and mechanical sympathy. These principles will be our guiding light in the many decisions we’ll examine in future chapters.

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Eason, K. (2018). The Sense of Style. In: Stylish F#. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4000-7_1

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