Over 70 recipes to get you writing powerful and efficient multithreaded, asynchronous, and parallel programs in C# 6.0 About This Book * Rewritten and updated to take advantage of the latest C# 6 features * Learn about multithreaded, asynchronous, and parallel programming through hands-on, code-first examples * Use these recipes to build fast, scalable, and reliable applications in C# Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at those who are new to multithreaded programming, and who are looking for a quick and easy way to get started. It is assumed that you have some experience in C# and .NET already, and you should also be familiar with basic computer science terminology and basic algorithms and data structures. What You Will Learn * Use C# 6.0 asynchronous language features * Work with raw threads, synchronize threads, and coordinate their work * Develop your own asynchronous API with Task Parallel Library * Work effectively with a thread pool * Scale up your server application with I/O threads * Parallelize your LINQ queries with PLINQ * Use common concurrent collections * Apply different parallel programming patterns * Use Reactive Extensions to run asynchronous operations and manage their options In Detail Multi-core processors are synonymous with computing speed and power in today's world, which is why multithreading has become a key concern for C# developers. Multithreaded code helps you create effective, scalable, and responsive applications. This is an easy-to-follow guide that will show you difficult programming problems in context. You will learn how to solve them with practical, hands-on, recipes. With these recipes, you'll be able to start creating your own scalable and reliable multithreaded applications. Starting from learning what a thread is, we guide you through the basics and then move on to more advanced concepts such as task parallel libraries, C# asynchronous functions, and much more. Rewritten to the latest C# specification, C# 6, and updated with new and modern recipes to help you make the most of the hardware you have available, this book will help you push the boundaries of what you thought possible in C#. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow guide full of hands-on examples of real-world multithreading tasks. Each topic is explained and placed in context, and for the more inquisitive, there are also more in-depth details of the concepts used.

Create robust and scalable applications along with responsive UI using concurrency and the multi-threading infrastructure in .NET and C# About This Book * Learn to combine your asynchronous operations with Task Parallel Library * Master C#'s asynchronous infrastructure and use asynchronous APIs effectively to achieve optimal responsiveness of the application * An easy-to-follow, example-based guide that helps you to build scalable applications using concurrency in C# Who This Book Is For If you are a C# developer who wants to develop modern applications in C# and wants to overcome problems by using asynchronous APIs and standard patterns, then this book is ideal for you. Reasonable development knowledge, an understanding of core elements and applications related to the .Net platform, and also the fundamentals of concurrency is assumed. What You Will Learn * Apply general multithreading concepts to your application's design * Leverage lock-free concurrency and learn about its pros and cons to achieve efficient synchronization between user threads * Combine your asynchronous operations with Task Parallel Library * Make your code easier with C#'s asynchrony support * Use common concurrent collections and programming patterns * Write scalable and robust server-side asynchronous code * Create fast and responsible client applications * Avoid common problems and troubleshoot your multi-threaded and asynchronous applications In Detail Starting with the traditional approach to concurrency, you will learn how to write multithreaded concurrent programs and compose ways that won't require locking. You will explore the concepts of parallelism granularity, and fine-grained and coarse-grained parallel tasks by choosing a concurrent program structure and parallelizing the workload optimally. You will also learn how to use task parallel library, cancellations, timeouts, and how to handle errors. You will know how to choose the appropriate data structure for a specific parallel algorithm to achieve scalability and performance. Further, you'll learn about server scalability, asynchronous I/O, and thread pools, and write responsive traditional Windows and Windows Store applications. By the end of the book, you will be able to diagnose and resolve typical problems that could happen in multithreaded applications. Style and approach An easy-to-follow, example-based guide that will walk you through the core principles of concurrency and multithreading using C#.

Cookbook. Multithreading in C# 5.0 Cookbook is written for existing C# developers who want a complete, professional, and authoritative guide to multithreading. You don't need any experience with multithreaded programming to use this book.