yongzhao1 / asyncawaitexplained

Async/await keywords explained: deck and source demos

Async Await

This repository and deck are part of the presentation, "Async/Await Explained."

01Threads

Demonstration of creating a simple thread.

02ManyTasksNoThreadPool

Compute-bound workers using direct threads (no Thread Pool).

03ManyThreadsThreadPhool

Compute-bound workers using the Thread Pool.

04Tasks

Managing compute-bound workers using Task.

05Parallel

Using the Parallel class to process compute-bound tasks.

06Asynchronous

Performing asynchronous I/O.

07AsyncAwait

Using async/await keywords to work with asynchronous I/O. Also contains an example of a re-entrant method using iterators to demonstrate the concept of a "re-entrant thread."

07bAsyncAwaitWithContext

WPF app demonstrating how async/await is different when a synchronization context exists.

08NoAsyncAwait

Using Wait() instead of await.

09AsyncThreadPool

Comparison of performing multiple asynchronous I/O operations using threads vs. the Thread Pool.