Take advantage of a custom task scheduler to provide added functionalities over the default task scheduler and manage how tasks are scheduled in .Net The TPL (Task Parallel Library) is one of the most ...

In a recent project, I had the task of programming time-consuming calculations that took place in the background of a desktop application. The motivation was to allow the user to continue working with ...

I've been reading up on async/await somewhat but there are still things I don't get. I have experience writing socket servers with the Begin/End pattern, but I find some of this async/await confusing.

We have already considered the multi-tasking concept – multiple quasi-independent programs apparently running at the same time, under the control of an operating system. Before we look at tasks in ...