async-await Archives

I would like to use async/await with some filesystem operations. Normally async/await works fine because I use babel-plugin-syntax-async-functions. But with this code I ...

June 1, 2022
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node.js, Programming

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try/catch blocks with async/await

I’m digging into the node 7 async/await feature and keep stumbling across code like this function getQuote() { let quote = "Lorem ipsum ...

June 1, 2022
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Using ‘async’ in a console application in C# [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Can’t specify the ‘async’ modifier on the ‘Main’ method of a console app (17 answers) Closed 5 ...

May 31, 2022
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Parallel.ForEach vs Task.Run and Task.WhenAll

What are the differences between using Parallel.ForEach or Task.Run() to start a set of tasks asynchronously? Version 1: List<string> strings = new List<string> ...

May 30, 2022
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How do you create an asynchronous method in C#?

Every blog post I’ve read tells you how to consume an asynchronous method in C#, but for some odd reason never explain how ...

May 29, 2022
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node.js, Programming

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How to find which promises are unhandled in Node.js UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning?

Node.js from version 7 has async/await syntactic sugar for handling promises and now in my code the following warning comes up quite often: ...

May 28, 2022
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What’s the difference between Task.Start/Wait and Async/Await?

I may be missing something but what is the difference between doing: public void MyMethod() { Task t = Task.Factory.StartNew(DoSomethingThatTakesTime); t.Wait(); UpdateLabelToSayItsComplete(); } ...

May 28, 2022
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Create a completed Task

I want to create a completed Task (not Task<T>). Is there something built into .NET to do this? A related question: Create a ...

May 27, 2022
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