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Pro .NET 4 Parallel Programming in C# (Expert's Voice in .NET)

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As a novice C# programmer with no experience in Parallel/threaded programming I just spent a week with this book. First let me say all the downloaded code examples worked on VS2010 without any changes. All the code was well documented with very clear examples of what was being discussed. He covers just about all the Calls in the TLP task programming extensions with examples. I found that to be very valuable. I would guess a more experienced programmer could find that same information in the Microsoft Documentation, but without a starting point I found it very helpful. It was laid out well and as new " problems" arose the answer was just around the corner. I was very pleased overall as I felt I was on a guided journey into new territory.

This is a great book. It covers the gamut of task based parallel programming constructs with a .Net, C#, Task Parallel Library focus. The copy and code are well arranged, complete and succinct. No fluff. It can be used as a tutorial (and a good one, at that) but it's closer to a cookbook that you can reach for to augment your thoughts. It's fairly expensive but worth every single dollar. If I could give it six stars I would.

I was tasked with building a MultiThreaded app and had not done so for about 4 years. Was great to work through the 100+ examples and come out the others side with the new upto date Class's/Skill set. No fluff just get down to all of the exercises...A real programmer to programmer approach. Not many on the market that gets you there FAST ...Great work

I was impressed with his other effort Pro Asp.NET MVC 3 and was not left disapointed

I don't give a book five stars very often, but I think this one deserves it. The book is organized very logically, and it provides a nice progression from very basic topics to some of the finer points of parallel programming, such as task coordination and data-sharing. One feature of the book that I really like is its section listing of topics, with references to the code listings that relate to each topic. It makes it very easy to look up sample code. This book has quickly become my go-to reference for parallel programming in C#, and I can recommend it without reservation.

I bought this book few weeks ago. I must say that, this one of the book on TPL which I was in search for. Author covers handful of area in TPL with precise examples. This definitely provides me a head start into TPL world with some nice algorithms.
I rate 4 because the pattern of example which is almost same on all area.

Great book, reommended even if you are a newbie on parallel programming. The examples are quite illustrative, close to real world applications. The only reason for rating it as 4 stars it's because the print/paper quality of Apress books it's not as good as it was a few years ago.

I thank author about the walkthrough especially for beginners. Great examples. Even we have code downloaded, it would be better to give Program Output for all the examples. Some of them are missing output. Whenever we read it in kindel, we dont have computer program opened. So, felt, if we had Program Output, it will help us.
Finally, really great book.