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 |
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Printed | Page 7 'Web Application Server Code' section |
Regarding web server code, you don't mention servers in the Cloud. |
Pepe M | Jun 25, 2014 |
Printed | Page 10 3rd paragraph |
The example source code does not seem to exist: |
Anonymous | Oct 03, 2020 |
Printed | Page 10 3rd paragraph |
The example source code does not seem to exist: |
Tim Brandwood | Oct 03, 2020 |
Printed | Page 20 ist paragraph code snippet |
2nd line of method's code block is: |
Anonymous | May 27, 2015 |
Page 24 Async Methods Are Contagious example |
hi |
Mahdi Razavi | Jan 28, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 44 Just before final para |
This page has |
Pepe M | Jun 24, 2014 |
Printed | Page 45 2nd paragraph |
The sentence 'This is much the same...' is unclear for 2 reasons, I think: |
Pepe M | Jun 17, 2014 |
Printed | Page 49 'await and SynchronizationContext' Section |
The bullet point: |
Pepe M | Jun 24, 2014 |
Printed | Page 50 Whole Page |
I think there should have been a normal listing in the book for the code in the diagram, in addition to the diagram. |
Peter M | Jun 24, 2014 |
Printed | Page 50 Point 5 |
Typo: 'GetFaviconAsyncAsync' - 'Async' duplicated. |
Pepe M | Jun 24, 2014 |
Printed | Page 50 #5 |
5. The UI thread leaves DownloadDataTaskAsync, and reaches the await in GetFaviconAsyncAsync. |
Anonymous | Dec 13, 2018 |
Printed | Page 52 paragraph above the section "Interacting with Synchronous Code" |
But if it’s an important thread of some kind, .NET will prefer to release it to do other things, and your method will resume on the thread pool |
Anonymous | Dec 13, 2018 |
Printed | Page 82 'Catching Exceptions' section |
The exception caught is 'e': |
Pepe M | Jun 23, 2014 |
Printed | Page 82 2nd Para - General Note |
In the 'C' language, the 'case' parts of a switch have always been oridinary labels. |
Pepe M | Jun 25, 2014 |