Last September, I introduced the idea of Tasks in Silverlight.One of the things I really like about .NET 4.5, and the C# compilerthat comes with it, is the ability to simplify asynchronous code byusing the async modifier and await operator. Just yesterday, I posted a bit on how these two keywords are used bythe compiler to take care of all the heavy lifting of asynchronouscode.
The key thing to note here is that the work is done bythe compiler, not the runtime. That means that if you canuse the latest C# compiler, you can take advantage of this newfeature. A grasp of the async pattern and these two keywords willalso help prepare you for Windows Metro development. Notethat Silve ...
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