Npgsql.FSharp
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| Npgsql.FSharp | FsHttp | |
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| 7 | 1 | |
| 307 | 415 | |
| - | 4.1% | |
| 3.1 | 9.2 | |
| 2 months ago | 13 days ago | |
| F# | F# | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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Npgsql.FSharp
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Idiomatic way to interact with database
When working with F#, my database layer code has always seemed ugly. It feels like functional languages don't pair well with storage. I've used F# with Dapper, EF, and Npgsql.FSharp. Although Npgsql.FSharp works well, I would still like to use something like EF since it handles inserts and updates so well.
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Best practices F# API?
Not a big fan of ORMs in general, I've been using https://github.com/Zaid-Ajaj/Npgsql.FSharp for postgres.
- Data Access in Fsharp
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Best resources for learning F# to write boring apps?
On Postgres, there's a decent low ceremony option by Zaid Ajaj: https://github.com/Zaid-Ajaj/Npgsql.FSharp
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Recommended libraries / frameworks for web services
For database, I use PostgreSQL with https://github.com/Zaid-Ajaj/Npgsql.FSharp and I like it very much. Writing the services, I do hide database operations behind interfaces like
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Making Http Requests in F#
Npgsql.FSharp
FsHttp
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Making Http Requests in F#
Why do I mention this? because today we'll see three ways to do Http Requests with different libraries, we'll first explore the BCL's (Base Class Library) System.Net.Http then we'll proceed to use Flurl and finally we'll check FsHttp, and depending on your taste or needs you may want to use one or the other.
What are some alternatives?
SqlHydra - SqlHydra is a suite of NuGet packages for working with databases in F# including code generation tools and query expressions.
restclient-cpp - C++ client for making HTTP/REST requests
Dapper.FSharp - Lightweight F# extension for StackOverflow Dapper with support for MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite
FSharp.CosmosDb - An F# wrapper around Cosmos DB's .NET SDK to make it more friendly for F# developers
Thoth.Json.Net
ClosedXML.SimpleSheets - Easily generate Excel sheets from F#
FSharp.Data.Npgsql - F# type providers to support statically typed access to input parameters and result set of sql statement in idiomatic F# way. Data modifications via statically typed tables.
FSharp.SystemTextJson - System.Text.Json extensions for F# types
ply - High performance System.Threading.(Value)Task computation expressions for F#
vscode-restclient - REST Client Extension for Visual Studio Code