C# - How to return a completed Task with or without a result
When using tasks you at some point come across having to return a Task without actually having a Task to return. The usual case is in »
C# - Error: "Program does not contain a static 'main' method suitable for an entry point" when building solution
You are likely here because you are trying to make your main method use the async keyword. The gotcha I ran into - which is quite »
C# - How to start multiple tasks and wait for them all to finish
What you are likely looking for is the method Task.WaitAll(task1, task2, task3..);. The method allows you to wait for several tasks to finish, even »
C# - How to use ForEachAsync()
With .Net 6 we get the new Parallel.ForEachAsync [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.parallel.foreachasync?view=net-6.0] method from »
C# - How to return a Task with a named tuple as a result
So you are likely here because you cannot remember the syntax for returning a task with a named tuple, in short you are likely just looking »
C# - Catching exceptions from unawaited tasks
I recently stumbled upon some code which looked something like the following: var ct = new CancellationToken(); Task.Run(async () => { while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested) { CallToMethodThatMightThrowAnException(); await Task.Delay( »
C# - When to use threads instead of tasks
I have not yet found a situation where I needed a thread instead of a Task. Threads are a lower level concept when compared to tasks. »
C# - How to easily create and start a new thread
It is quite easy to start a new thread in C#. All you need is to instantiate a new object of the type Thread and call »
What is the lock statement (monitor) in C#? and what you should look out for
In this post I will show how the lock statement in C# works and what you should look out for when using it. It is well »
C# - tasks vs threads, what is the difference between threads and tasks? - updated 2023
I had a discussion a couple of weeks ago about tasks and threads. It occurred to me that I had rarely used threads and mostly used »