- 10/04/2023
- 2 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 async
- 15/10/2022
- 3 min
Cursed C# - Doing shenanigans in C#
In this short blog post I want to show you two silly things so that you can apply right now! Both of them equally silly, but that is not the point (is it ever?).
We will see how to await an integer or TimeSpan and how to foreach through an integer. All of this thanks to the magic of extensions methods.
- 17/09/2022
- 2 min
ASP.NET Core - Why async await is useful
Did you ever wonder why you "should" use async and await in your ASP.NET Core applications? Most probable you heard something about performance. And there is some truth to it, but not in the way you might think.
So let's discuss this with smaller examples.
- 05/12/2021
- 3 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
- 2 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.
- 07/07/2021
- 0 min
Async Await Pitfalls / Guidelines - .NET User Group Zurich Presentation
On 6th of July I had the honor to present some topics about async/await. Mainly:
- What is asynchronous programming
- Deadlocks and ConfigureAwait
- How does the state machine work
- Pitfalls and general Guidelines
- ValueTask
You'll find all the slides and the whole talk in the blog.
- 01/07/2021
- 0 min
Upcoming .NET User Forum Zurich / 6th July 2021
I am looking forward to give a talk about some insights and pitfalls of async / await.
I will talk about the differences between asynchronous and parallel programming. Also a brief outlook how the state machine internally works. Feel free to join here: https://www.meetup.com/dotnet-zurich/events/278916769/