WebSharper is an

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and commercial web-programming framework that allows

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s to create and maintain complex

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and HTML5 front-end applications in the F# programming language. Other than a few native libraries, everything is F# source.

Overview

WebSharper includes support for jQuery, HTML5,

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and

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. WebSharper Mobile includes support for

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and

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Formlets and Sitelets. Unlike many other web-programming toolkits, WebSharper offers a rich set of abstractions and DSL syntax for common web-related chores, such as composing HTML, defining web forms, managing required resources and handling URLs safely.

Extensions

WebSharper extensions include *

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* DHTMLX *

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* Formlets for jQuery UI * Formlets for jQuery Mobile * GlMatrix * Google Maps * Google Visualization * InfoVis *

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* jQuery Tools * jQuery UI * Kendo UI * Modernizr * O3D * Protovis * Raphael * Sencha Touch * TinyMCE * Twitter * WebGL * YUI

Development Environments

WebSharper can be used with any text editor. WebSharper can also be used with

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templates with full ASP.NET integration and with MonoDevelop.

Mobile

As a general framework for making web apps, WebSharper is also capable of being used as a framework for making mobile and tablet apps, either by making the needed widgets and animations from scratch, or by using one of the mobile frameworks for WebSharper. An HTML5 app written in WebSharper can have separate views for Tablets and Mobile phones.

Examples

The following sample displays a single HTML paragraph: JavaScript>let Main () = Div P [Text "Welcome"">ext_"Welcome".html" ;"title="P [Text "Welcome"">P [Text "Welcome" The matching server-side code is also written in F#: type HelloWorldViewer() = inherit Web.Control() JavaScript> override this.Body = HelloWorld.Main () :> Html.IPagelet

Notes

References

* {{Cite journal, first1=Don , last1=Syme , author1-link=Don Syme , first2=Adam , last2=Granicz , first3=Antonio , last3=Cisternino , title=Expert F# 3.0 , year=2012 , publisher= Apress

External links

Official website
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