Tag Archives: Asynchronous

Run parallel tasks in batches using .NET Core, C# and Async coding

Posted on November 17, 2021 by briancaos

If you have several tasks that you need to run, but each task takes up resources, it can be a good idea to run the tasks in batches. There are a few tools out there, and one of them is … Continue reading →

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Write to file from multiple threads async with C# and .NET Core

Posted on January 12, 2021 by briancaos

There are several patterns on how to allow multiple threads to write to the same file. the ReaderWriterLock class is invented for this purpose. Another classic is using semaphors and the lock statement to lock a shared resource. This article … Continue reading →

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Run tasks in parallel using .NET Core, C# and async coding

Posted on September 11, 2020 by briancaos

If you have several tasks that can be run in parallel, but still need to wait for all the tasks to end, you can easily achieve this using the Task.WhenAll() method in .NET Core. Imagine you have this imaginary method … Continue reading →

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Because this call is not awaited, execution of the current method continues before the call is completed. Consider applying the ‘await’ operator to the result of the call

Posted on October 23, 2019 by briancaos

This C# warning occurs if you call an async method from your non-async code. Imagine you have this imaginary async method: And you call the method from this imaginary non-async method: The compiler will warn you with the following message: … Continue reading →

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c# Async fire and forget

Posted on November 13, 2018 by briancaos

Often in application development you want a process to call another thread and continue the process flow, without waiting for a response from the called thread. This pattern is called the “fire and forget” pattern. I myself are oblivious to … Continue reading →

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Using C# HttpClient from Sync and Async code

Posted on November 3, 2017 by briancaos

The .NEt 4.5 C# System.Net.Http.HttpClient() is a very nice http client implementation, but can be tricky to use if you (like me) are not a trained asynchronous programming coder. So here is a quick cheat sheet on how to work … Continue reading →

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