C# Asynchronous Programming Documentation

Introduction

Asynchronous programming is crucial for modern applications that handle many tasks concurrently. It prevents the UI from freezing while long-running operations are in progress.

Key Features

Common techniques include: `async` and `await`, promises, coroutines, and event loops.

Common Use Cases

Real-time applications, web APIs, data processing, and background tasks.

Code Example (Simplified - for demonstration only)

This is a simple asynchronous operation. It takes a few seconds to complete.


        async function main() {
          await Task.Delay(2000); // Simulate a long-running operation
          Console.WriteLine("Asynchronous operation completed!");
        }
        main();

Code Example (Illustrative - demonstrating a task)

This example shows how to do a long-running operation.

// Simulate a long-running task for (let i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) { //Do some work here. }

Resources

[Link to official C# documentation on Async/Await](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/async-await)

[Link to C# documentation on Promises](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/promises)