Creating a task

This recipe shows a basic concept of what a task is. You will learn how to create and execute tasks.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2012. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe could be found at BookSamples\Chapter4\Recipe1.

How to do it...

To create and execute a task, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2012. Create a new C# Console Application project.

   Note

   This time, please make sure that you are using .Net Framework 4.5. From now on, we will be using this version for every project.

   

2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System;
   using System.Threading;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;

3. Add the following code snippet below the Main method:

   static void TaskMethod(string name){
     Console.WriteLine("Task {0} is running on a thread id{1}. Is thread pool thread: {2}", name,Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId,Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread);
   }

4. Add the following code snippet inside...