Task Programming in C# and .NET: Modern Day Foundation for Asynchronous Programming

by Vaskaran Sarcar

Overview

At a high level, to understand asynchronous programming, you need to be familiar with task programming, efficient use of the async and await keywords, and a few more important topics. However, task programming is the first major step towards modern-day asynchronous programming. This book tries to simplify the topic with simple examples, Q&A sessions, and exercises

The book starts with an introduction to asynchronous programming and covers task creation and execution. Next, you will learn how to work with continuing and nested tasks. Next, it demonstrates exception handling with different scenarios. Towards the end, you will understand how to manage task cancellations through examples and case studies. After reading this book, you can write efficient codes for multithreaded, asynchronous, and parallel development in C#.

What You Will Learn:

• Dig deep into task programming which is an essential part of the concurrent and multithreaded developments.
• Learn modern-day C# features that are foundations of asynchronous programming
• How the advanced features in C# such as delegates, lambdas, generics, etc. can be used in concurrency

Who This Book is For:

C# and .NET developers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798868812781
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	03/11/2025
Series:	Apress Pocket Guides
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Vaskaran Sarcar obtained his Master of Engineering in Software Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (India), and an MCA from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (India). He was a National Gate Scholar (2007-2009) and has over 12 years of experience in Education and the IT industry. He devoted his early years (2005-2007) to the teaching profession at various engineering colleges, and later he joined HP India PPS R&D Hub Bangalore. He worked there until August 2019. At the time of his retirement from HP, he was a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead at HP. To follow his dream and passion, Vaskaran is now an independent full-time author.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Asynchronous Programming and Tasks.- Chapter 2: Tasks Creation and Execution.- Chapter 3: Continuation and Nested Tasks.- Chapter 4: Exception Handling.- Chapter 5: Managing Cancellations.- Chapter 6: Bonus.- App A & App B.