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If you re writing one of several applications that call for asynchronous programming, this concise hands-on guide shows you how the async feature in C sharp 5.0 can make the process much simpler. Along with a clear introduction to asynchronous programming, you get an in-depth look at how the async feature works and why you might want to use it in your application.
Written for experienced C sharp programmers yet approachable for beginners this book is packed with code examples that you can extend for your own projects. Write your own asynchronous code, and learn how async saves you from this messy chore Discover new performance possibilities in ASP.NET web server code Explore how async and WinRT work together in Windows 8 applications Learn the importance of the await keyword in async methods Understand which .NET thread is running your code and at what points in the program Use the Task-based Asynchronous Pattern (TAP) to write asynchronous APIs in .NET Take advantage of parallel computing in modern machines Measure async code performance by comparing it with alternatives
List of contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Why Programs Need to Be Asynchronous
Chapter 3: Writing Asynchronous Code Manually
Chapter 4: Writing Async Methods
Chapter 5: What await Actually Does
Chapter 6: The Task-Based Asynchronous Pattern
Chapter 7: Utilities for Async Code
Chapter 8: Which Thread Runs My Code?
Chapter 9: Exceptions in Async Code
Chapter 10: Parallelism Using Async
Chapter 11: Unit Testing Async Code
Chapter 12: Async in ASP.NET Applications
Chapter 13: Async in WinRT Applications
Chapter 14: The Async Compiler Transform-in Depth
Chapter 15: The Performance of Async Code
About the author
Alex is a coder, blogger and concurrency enthusiast from England. He currently works as a developer and product owner at Red Gate, working on tools for .NET developers. Before that, he did a degree in computer science at Cambridge University, and still has theoretical CS in his blood. In his spare time he writes an open source Actors framework for .NET, to let people write parallel programs more easily.
Summary
This book is for experienced C# developers that need to get a quick yet in depth look at what the new feature async in C# 5.0 means for their current and future projects.
