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You can take advantage of asynchronous programming to perform resource-intensive operations without having to block on executing thread of your application. This increases the throughput while at the ...

This article introduces the TAP and the associated .NET language changes that streamline asynchronous programming and extend the multithreading enhancements in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. With ...

The development of Web services depends on several protocols. SOAP over HTTP is the messaging protocol predominantly used at the present time, and synchronous RPC is the predominant messaging pattern.

Asynchronous programming helps you to improve the overall performance and responsiveness of your application. In this article we will explore the basics of asynchronous programming and write code to ...