Parallel Programming with C# and .NET Core

Learn, understand, and code parallel programs with confidence using C# 8 and .NET Core 3.0

Key Features

Description

Application development has evolved over the last decade, and with the advent of the latest technologies like Angular, React on client-side, and ASP.NET Core, Spring on the server-side, the consumer expectations have risen like never before.

The primary objective of this book is to help readers understand the importance of asynchronous programming and various ways it can be achieved using .NET Core 3.1 and C# 8 to successfully build concurrent applications. Along the way reader will learn the fundamentals of threading, asynchronous programming, various asynchronous patterns, synchronisation constructs, unit testing parallel methods, debugging enterprise applications, and cool tips and tricks.

There are samples based on practical examples that will help the reader effectively use parallel programming. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with all the knowledge needed to understand, code, and debug multithreaded, concurrent and parallel programs with confidence.

What will you learn

Who this book is for

Beginners and intermediate developers who build enterprise applications using .NET Core platform and tools. Advanced users can also use this book for brushing up fundamentals and for learning debugging tools, techniques, tips, and tricks.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started

2. What’s new in C# 8?

3. .NET Core 3.1

4. Demystifying Threading

5. Parallel Programming

6. The Threading Patterns

7. Synchronization Constructs

8. Unit Testing Parallel and Asynchronous Programs

9. Debugging and Troubleshooting ( Its spelling is incorrect in pdf)

10. Tips and Tricks

About the Authors

Rishabh Verma is a Microsoft certified professional and works at Microsoft as a senior development consultant, helping the customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-level applications. An electronic engineer by education, he has 12+ years of hardcore development experience on the .NET technology stack. He is passionate about creating tools, Visual Studio extensions, and utilities to increase developer productivity. His interests are .NET Compiler Platform (Roslyn), Visual Studio Extensibility, code generation, and .NET Core.

Neha Shrivastava is a Microsoft certified professional and works as a software engineer for the Cloud & AI group at Microsoft India Development Center. She has about 10 years' development experience and has expertise in the financial, healthcare, and e-commerce domains. Neha did her bachelor's in electronics engineering.

Ravindra Akella works as a Senior Consultant at Microsoft with more than 13 years of software development experience. Specializing in .NET and web-related technologies, his current role involves end to end ownership of products right from architecture to delivery.