csharp / intermediate
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Asynchronous Programming with Tasks
Using async/await allows the application to remain responsive during I/O-bound operations by yielding control back to the caller while waiting for the task to complete.
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public async Task<string> DownloadDataAsync(string url){using var client = new HttpClient();string result = await client.GetStringAsync(url);return result.Trim();}
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public async Task<string>
The 'async' modifier enables the 'await' keyword and wraps the return type in a Task.
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await client.GetStringAsync(url)
Suspends the method execution until the asynchronous operation completes, without blocking the thread.