Async, CancellationToken, and IProgress in 5 Short Examples
Async code isn’t always intuitive, but practicing helps. Let’s take a look at Async, CancellationToken, and IProgress, in a few short examples.
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How to call an async method from a synchronous one, without deadlocking
Writing async code whenever possible is great, but how do we do it when we’re stuck with legacy (and very synchronous) code?
Converting a BackgroundWorker to a Task with TaskCompletionSource
Sometimes the safer way to “update” old code is to leave it be and paint over it with a newer construct. Let’s see how to modernize a BackgroundWorker using Tasks and TaskCompletionSource.
Using Async, Await, and Task to keep the WinForms UI responsive
Using the async/await pattern in WinForms is an easy win, helping prevent one of the most annoying user experiences - a frozen UI.