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Visual Studio Asynchronous Programming

Visual Studio Async CTP extends Visual Studio 2010. It provides streamlined syntax for asynchronous development in C# and Visual Basic. The following videos demonstrate how to use asynchronous programming in Visual Basic and Visual C#.

Visual Basic

#1 | Introduction to the Async CTP?
(5 minutes 48 seconds)

#2 | Polling and Cancellation
(7 minutes 24 seconds)

#3 | Offloading Work with TaskEx.Run
(4 minutes 43 seconds)

#4 | Concurrent Downloading with TaskEx.WhenAll
(3 minutes 06 seconds)

#5 | Refactoring Functionality into a Library
(4 minutes 41 seconds)

Visual C#

Introduction to the Async CTP
(5 minutes 49 seconds)

Concurrent Downloading with TaskEx.WhenAll
(3 minutes 02 seconds)

Offloading Work with TaskEx.Run
(4 minutes 42 seconds)

Polling and Cancellation
(7 minutes 17 seconds)

Refactoring Functionality into a Library
(4 minutes 41 seconds)

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