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.NET Async Windows Runtime Async

var data = DownloadData(...); ProcessData(data); var future = DownloadDataAsync(...); future.ContinueWith(data => ProcessData(data));

var data = DownloadData(...); ProcessData(data); var future = DownloadDataAsync(...); future.ContinueWith(data => ProcessData(data));

C# and Visual Basic let you do asynchronous programming without callbacks

Task-returning vs. void-returning

Yielding control await Task.Delay(5000); await Task.Yield(); Background running var result = await Task.Run(() => { … work … }); Parallel composition var winningTask = await Task.WhenAny(task1, task2); var results = await Task.WhenAll(task1, task2);