Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page 33 1st paragraph |
On the first Paragraph of page 33 there is a link for “Guideline used by the Universal Windows team.”. This link: bit.ly/new-async which resolves to devblogs.microsoft.com/lucian/talk-the-new-async-design-patterns.aspx results in, "403 Forbidden" nginx |
Ely Castellano | Jun 24, 2023 |
| Printed | Page 168 Example 11.3, last discussion paragraph |
"You can call InitializeAllAsync" should be "WhenAllInitializeAsync". |
Josh Fry | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Printed | Page Page 137 - Example 9.10 The last sentence |
The paragraph is talking about producers running faster than consumers, and how to fix it with Sampling Queues. However, in the last sentence, it says "the slower producers ... process". I believe this should be "slower consumers". |
Josh Fry | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Printed | Page Page 71 - Example 5.5 The paragraph above the code block |
The paragraph text should be in reference to MaxDegreeOfParallelism being set to DataflowBlockOptions.Unbounded (const value of -1), however, it incorrectly says BoundedCapacity (which is from the previous example (5.4). |
Josh Fry | Aug 04, 2022 |
| Printed | Page 20 first code example |
The example will always call client.GetStringAsync() 4 times, even if earlier tries were successful. Perhaps this was just a simplification, because the example is just about exponential backoff, but it may be unintentional. |
Leo Tohill | May 13, 2022 |