Advanced Threading in C#

2h 9mIntermediate2018-04-02

Authors

Chander Dhall

Microsoft MVP, Consultant

Course details

Learn how to write C# applications that perform multiple tasks concurrently-aka multithreaded applications. Programs that use multithreading are more responsive to user input because the user interface stays active as processor-intensive tasks execute on separate threads. Multithreading is also useful when you create scalable applications because you can add threads as the workload increases. In this course, Microsoft MVP Chander Dhall reviews the basics of threading and signaling, and then shows how to use the popular .NET library for parallel execution, TPL; the query syntax PLINQ; and the recommended asynchronous programming pattern, TAP. By the end of the course, he shows how to turn sequential code into a multithreaded application that runs five times faster than before.

Learning objectives
Thread safety and affinity
Signaling
Task Parallel Library (TPL) basics
PLINQ introduction
Task-based Asynchronous Pattern (TAP)

Skills covered

C#PersonaProgramming LanguagesMicrosoftSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know

1. Signaling and Thread Concepts

03 - Thread safety
04 - Thread affinity
05 - Signaling - AutoResetEvent
06 - Two-way signaling
07 - Signaling - ManualResetEvent
08 - Signaling - Countdown

2. Task Parallel Library (TPL)

09 - TPL introduction
10 - TPL demo
11 - Parallel vs. normal execution
12 - Parallel.For with thread local
13 - Continuation with state
14 - TaskCompletionSource

3. PLINQ

15 - PLINQ introduction
16 - PLINQ demo
17 - Degree of parallelism
18 - Concurrency bag
19 - Merge options

4. Task Asynchronous Pattern (TAP)

20 - TAP introduction
21 - TAP demo

Conclusion

22 - Next steps