- 10/04/2023
- 3 min
5 useful extensions for Task<T> in .NET
In this short blog post, I will show you 5 useful extensions for Task
All posts with Tag Task
- 20/06/2022
- 3 min
Wrap Event based functions into awaitable Tasks - Meet TaskCompletionSource
You might have code where an object offers you an event to notify you when a specific operation is done. But event's can be tricky to use, especially when you want to have a continuous flow in your application.
That is where TaskCompletionSource comes into play. We can "transform" an event based function into something which is await-able from the outside world via the await keyword.
- 05/12/2021
- 4 min
Task vs ValueTask - The what's, when's and how's
Since .NET Core 2.0 the Type ValueTask. It seems that there is a lot of overlap between Task and ValueTask.
So let's have a deeper look into ValueTask. Where should we use it and how should we use it properly? And also: where we should not use is.
- 18/07/2021
- 3 min
Task.WhenAny - How to cancel other tasks
This short post will give an overview how to cancel all remaining tasks once Task.WhenAny finishes. Plus how Task.WhenAny behaves in different circumstances.