Documentation regarding the Asynchronous Programming Model (APM) and the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern (EAP)

Robin SedlaczekSeptember 21st, 2015Last Updated: September 21st, 2015

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The Asynchronous Programming Model (APM) and the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern (EAP) are marked as legacy by Microsoft. The new pattern is called TAP – Task-based Asynchronous Pattern. So there is a lot to learn again. In this weekly MSDN Dive I want to show you some very interesting documentation and resources regarding parallel programming in the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Parallel Programming in the .NET Framework – Learn:

Fundamentals of parallel computing in the .NET Framework.
What the Task Parallel Library (TPL) is.
What Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) is.
About data structures for coordination of parallel operations.
How everything relates to managed threads.
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Parallel Diagnostics Tools – Learn:

How to debug concurrent operations in your application.
About the debugging tools Visual Studio provides to find problems in parallel applications.
How to use the parallel stacks window in Visual Studio.
How to use the tasks window in Visual Studio.
How to debug a parallel application.
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Task-based Asynchronous Pattern (TAP) – Learn:

What the TAP is and how it works.
What the differences between tasks and threads are.
About parameters and return types in asynchronous operations.
How to start asynchronous operations.
How to cancel asynchronous operations.
How to handle exceptions in asynchronous operations.
How to report progress with the IProgress<T> interface.
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Parallel Computing – Find:

Many resources on parallel computing and programming with the .NET Framework.
Videos demonstrating the strength of parallel computing.
Open Source projects embracing parallel computing.
Links to blogs dealing with parallel computing.
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Enjoy the MSDN!

Reference:

MSDN Dive – Week 38 from our NCG partner Robin Sedlaczek at the Robin Sedlaczek’s Blog blog.

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