Asynchronous code (async code) says: go do something while I do other things, then let me know what happened when the results are ready. Also known as concurrency, async is important in a variety of ...

Understanding asynchronous programming is akin to unlocking a powerful toolset for building efficient and responsive web applications. Asynchronous programming is essential to modern JavaScript ...

Your guide to all aspects of how Xamarin has implemented .NET 4.5/C# 5's support for asynch operations in Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android. One of the great things about the .NET Framework is that ...

Say that you're developing an tool that let's users customize it via JavaScript. Some of the common functions that will be called from the scripts are fundamentally asynchronous - they ultimately are ...

Asynchronous services are easier to implement with support of the await and async keywords in WCF 4.5. We look at that, as well as contract-first development. There are performance benefits to using ...