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Actually USE TaskManager to Suspend Dominating Services and Regain Workflow Speed

by RedDk

Suspend, by "stopping", then when done doing what you need to do, restart ... or not!

Adapting Event and Callback Based Asynchronicity to the Task Framework

by honey the codewitch

Use TaskCompletionSource to turn an event or callback based model into a Task based one

An Introduction to Workspaces::Tasks

by Chris Maunder

Using, managing and loving your TODO list.

async / await example

by Sharath C V

A simple async / await example

Latest Articles

Actually USE TaskManager to Suspend Dominating Services and Regain Workflow Speed

by RedDk

Suspend, by "stopping", then when done doing what you need to do, restart ... or not!

Adapting Event and Callback Based Asynchronicity to the Task Framework

by honey the codewitch

Use TaskCompletionSource to turn an event or callback based model into a Task based one

An Introduction to Workspaces::Tasks

by Chris Maunder

Using, managing and loving your TODO list.

async / await example

by Sharath C V

A simple async / await example

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An Introduction to Workspaces::Tasks

by Chris Maunder

Using, managing and loving your TODO list.

Asynchronous Tasks using AsyncTask

by Eduardo Antonio Cecilio Fernandes

How to handle asynchronous tasks in Android Activities

Automating Task Creation in Team Foundation Server with PowerShell

by Gary Stafford

Automate the creation of Task-type Work Items in TFS using PowerShell

Await Tasks in C#4 using Iterators

by Keith L Robertson

Write synchronous-looking asynchronous methods without async/await in Visual Studio 2010.

Customizing the TaskScheduler: Queue Your Task Work Items to Run When You Want Them To

by honey the codewitch

Leveraging some less well known areas of the .NET Task framework to schedule tasks to execute on your own conditions.

DNX Console Application Spinner Example

by M. van der Corput

Simple task based spinner for a console application

Employing Tasks to Handle Events in the .NET Framework

by George Swan

This piece shows that, by returning a Task from an Event Handler instead of the usual void, the management of the event can be more structured and versatile.

How to Implement and Use Awaitable Sockets in C# using TAP

by honey the codewitch

Explore adapting Socket's async model to a task based one and adding some awaitable socket operations to your projects

ImageFanReloaded

by User 6918454

Light-weight image viewer for .NET 4.5.1, supporting multi-core processing

Introducing TaskDialogLib: Task Dialogs in XAML

by FIorian Schneidereit

A free and open source library for XAML-based task dialogs.

Student Data Bank: An ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, EF Codefirst, Task, ESB showcase

by Omar Al Zabir

An example Web application showcasing the amazing features of ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, EF together with ESB to build a secure, reliable, REST based web api, and web frontend.

Tasks and Task Parallel Library (TPL) : Multi-threading made easy

by Rasik Bihari Tiwari

Let's understand the evolution from older multi-threading world to Task Parallel library (alias TPL). What are the use cases where you would want to leverage TPL instead of creating threads on your own. What are exact areas where TPL has real edge.

Units of Measure Validator for C#

by Henning Dieterichs

This library provides a MSBuild task for compile time validation of units of measurement within C# code.