{"product_id":"9781430259213","title":"Pro Asynchronous Programming with .NET","description":"\u003cp\u003e    \u003cem\u003ePro Asynchronous Programming with .NET\u003c\/em\u003e teaches the essential skill of asynchronous programming in .NET. It answers critical questions in .NET application development, such as: how do I keep my program responding at all times to keep my users happy? how do I make the most of the available hardware? how can I improve performance?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the modern world, users expect more and more from their applications and devices, and multi-core hardware has the potential to provide it. But it takes carefully crafted code to turn that potential into responsive, scalable applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003ePro Asynchronous Programming with .NET\u003c\/em\u003e you will:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeet the underlying model for asynchrony on Windows—threads. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn how to perform long blocking operations away from your UI thread to keep your UI responsive, then weave the results back in as seamlessly as possible. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster the async\/await model of asynchrony in .NET, which makes asynchronous programming simpler and more achievable than ever before. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolve common problems in parallel programming with modern async techniques. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet under the hood of your asynchronous code with debugging techniques and insights from Visual Studio and beyond. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn the past asynchronous programming was seen as an advanced skill. It’s now a must for all modern developers. \u003cem\u003ePro Asynchronous Programming with .NET \u003c\/em\u003eis your practical guide to using this important programming skill anywhere on the .NET platform.         What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow threads make asynchrony possible in .NET \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe costs and benefits of different synchronization primitives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to make the most of the async and await keywords for easier management of asynchronous operations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to use an asynchronous model to scale processing across multiple cores \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe different demands of IO and CPU bound processing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDebugging multithreaded code effectively \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     \u003cem\u003ePro Asynchronous Programming with .NET\u003c\/em\u003e is for the .NET developer who wants to get more out of the platform. It’s for the UI developer who finds their applications feel unresponsive. It’s for the server-side developer who is struggling to scale their systems. It’s for the developer who is being given more data to process and less time to do it in. \u003cem\u003ePro Asynchronous Programming with .NET\u003c\/em\u003e is for people who want to solve problems but also understand how and why the solutions work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e       \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction to Asynchronous Programming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Evolution of the .NET Asynchronous API\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Tasks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Basic Thread Safety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Concurrent Data Structures and Primitives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Fast and Fluid: Building a Responsive UI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Async the .NET 4.5 Way – async and await\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Everything is a Task\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Server-side Async\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Parallel Programming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Data Flow Constructs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Task scheduling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Debugging Async with Visual Studio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Debugging Async Beyond Visual Studio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123751272688,"sku":"9781430259213","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430259213_p0.jpg?v=1763749404","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430259213","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}