CHAPTER 3
Tasks
With the release of .NET 4.0, Microsoft introduced yet another API for building asynchronous applications: the Task Parallel Library (TPL). The key difference between TPL and previous APIs is that TPL attempts to unify the asynchronous programming model. It provides a single type called a Task to represent all asynchronous operations. In addition to Tasks, TPL introduces standardized cancellation and reporting of progress—traditionally something developers rolled for themselves. This chapter will examine these new constructs and how to take advantage of them to perform asynchronous operations.
What Is a Task?
A Task represents ...
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