Chapter 4. Asynchronous Programming
This chapter will dive into the asynchronous elaboration techniques available within the .NET framework.
Here we will explain the following features, techniques, and frameworks:
- Asynchronous programming theory
- Asynchronous Programming Model (APM)
- Event-based Asynchronous Pattern (EAP)
- Task-based Asynchronous Pattern (TAP)
Async/await operator
- Task optimization and CLR tuning
- Task tweaking
- Task UI synchronization
Understanding asynchronous programming
Multi-threaded programming happens when we use multiple threads to execute our code. The added benefit is the increased CPU power available by using multiple threads.
Asynchronous programming happens anytime we move the execution of any our code from the main thread to another ...
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