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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 use TimeProvider and FakeTimeProvider (time abstraction in .NET)
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When what we're trying to accomplish fails, the extra knowledge and clarity we get just by making the attempt is a win all by itself.
What are generic attributes in C# 11?
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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?