# F# Weekly #26, 2018 – Guide to F# async and common hazards

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**Created:** [June 30, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/f-weekly-26-2018-guide-to-f-async-and-common-hazards/307 "2018-06-30T08:54:52Z")\
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Welcome to F# Weekly,

A roundup of F# content from this past week:

**News**

- [ASP.NET Core 2.2 Roadmap](https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/307)
- [Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 3](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2018/06/26/visual-studio-2017-version-15-8-preview-3/?utm_source=blogtweet&utc_medium=twitter)
- [Newtonsoft.Json enabling Source Link](http://blog.ctaggart.com/2018/06/newtonsoftjson-enabling-source-link.html)
- [Static website hosting for Azure Storage now in public preview](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-storage-static-web-hosting-public-preview/?WT.mc_id=staticwebsites-twitter-antchu)
- [Don Syme's (F# creator) opinion about C# new feature - default methods implementation in interfaces](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/679#issuecomment-399411192)

> <https://twitter.com/dsyme/status/1012400769050529792>

**Videos & Slides**

- [ML.NET with John Alexander](https://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=1557) - .NET Rocks

**Blogs**
- [F# Async Guide](https://medium.com/jettech/f-async-guide-eb3c8a2d180a) - Lev Gorodinski
- [Concurrent Programming in Fsharp Using Hopac - Part 7](https://www.demystifyfp.com/fsharp/blog/concurrent-programming-in-fsharp-using-hopac-part-7/) - Demystify FP
- [Learning F# — Part 7 — rec](https://medium.com/@vijeshsalian/learning-f-part-7-rec-b0900af8e7c4) - Vijesh Salian
- [Magical domain modelling with F#](https://blog.scottlogic.com/2018/06/01/magical-domain-modelling-with-fsharp.html) - Chester Burbidge
- [How to use .NET Standard 2.0 NuGet packages with F# Interactive](https://www.sagara.net/2018/06/26/how-to-use-netstandard20-nuget-packages-with-f-interactive/) - Jon Sagara
- [Creating Azure WebJobs in F#](https://spin.atomicobject.com/2018/06/28/azure-webjobs-f-sharp/?utm_source=twitter-ao&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=azure-webjobs-f-sharp) - John Ruble
- [F# and ML.Net Classification](http://www.codesuji.com/2018/06/23/F-and-MLNet-Classification/) - codesuji

**F# vNext:**
- New ideas:
  - [Add union match patterns to Expr](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/681)
  - [Add support for recording fixity in quoted literals](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/680)

**Open source projects**
- [markpattison/fsharp-monogame](https://github.com/markpattison/fsharp-monogame) - A sample solution using MonoGame with F#, incorporating Paket and FAKE 5.
- [Nhowka/Elmish.Bridge](https://github.com/Nhowka/Elmish.Bridge) - Create client-server Fable-Elmish apps keeping a single mindset

**New Releases**
- [FsConfig 2.0.0](https://twitter.com/demystifyfp/status/1011606211257667585)
- [WebSharper 4.3 released with pure .NET Core support](https://forums.websharper.com/blog/85409)
- [FusionTasks 2.0.0 (F# 4.5, .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET Core 2.0)](https://twitter.com/kozy_kekyo/status/1012508958748172288)

> <https://twitter.com/safe_stack/status/1012688532736040962>

That’s all for now. Have a great week.

Previous F# Weekly edition – [#25, 2018](http://sergeytihon.com/2018/06/22/f-weekly-25-2018-giraffe-is-faster-than-aspcore-mvc/)