Danom: Structures for durable programming patterns in C#.
github.com/pimbrouwersI’m excited to share a project I’ve been working on for the past 8 months called Danom. After spending 6 years writing F#, I found myself in a situation where C# was mandated. I thought to myself, "I wonder if Option and Result functionality would translate effectively into C#?".
Obviously, implementing them was possible, but what would consumption be like? It turns out, it's amazing. There were already some open-source options available, but none of them had an API that I loved. They often allowed direct access to the internal value, which I felt defeated the purpose.
So, I decided to create Danom with a few key goals in mind:
- Opinionated Monads: Focus on Option and Result rather than a more generic Choice type.
- Exhaustive Matching: An API that enforces exhaustive matching to ensure all cases are handled.
- Fluent API: Designed for chaining operations seamlessly.
- Integration: Fully integrated with ASP.NET Core and Fluent Validation.
Danom has exceeded my expectations, making functional programming patterns in C# not only possible but enjoyable. If you’re interested in bringing some of the functional programming paradigms from F# into your C# projects, I’d love for you to check it out.
You can find the project on GitHub: https://github.com/pimbrouwers/danom
Or, on NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Danom
Looking forward to your feedback and contributions!
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I’m excited to share a project I’ve been working on for the past 8 months called Danom. After spending 6 years writing F#, I found myself in a situation where C# was mandated. I thought to myself, "I wonder if Option and Result functionality would translate effectively into C#?".
Obviously, implementing them was possible, but what would consumption be like? It turns out, it's amazing. There were already some open-source options available, but none of them had an API that I loved. They often allowed direct access to the internal value, which I felt defeated the purpose.
So, I decided to create Danom with a few key goals in mind:
- Opinionated Monads: Focus on Option and Result rather than a more generic Choice type.
- Exhaustive Matching: An API that enforces exhaustive matching to ensure all cases are handled.
- Fluent API: Designed for chaining operations seamlessly.
- Integration: Works well with ASP.NET Core and Fluent Validation.
The pattern has exceeded my expectations, making functional programming patterns in C# not only possible but enjoyable. If you’re interested in bringing some of the functional programming paradigms from F# into your C# projects, I’d love for you to check it out.
You can find the project here: https://github.com/pimbrouwers/danom.
Looking forward to your feedback and contributions!
Legend has it, if you play Danom backwards it will reveal the meaning of life.