C# Threading Handbook [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Tobin Titus (Author), Sandra Gopikrishna (Author), Tejaswi Redkar (Author), Srinivasa Sivakumar (Author), Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati (Author)

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Product Description
This book addresses the fundamental units of Windows and .NET programming - threads. A strong understanding of the role threads play in program execution, how multiple threads can interact in order to make efficient programs, and the pitfalls to beware of when developing multithreaded applications, are all core to a developer's ability to develop effective C# programs. This book will cover how .NET applications are executed, the life cycle of a thread in .NET, how the .NET Framework uses threads, how threads work in an event-driven environment, how we can avoid race conditions and deadlocks, how the activity of multiple threads can be synchronized, and how to debug multithreaded applications. We finish it off by describing the creation of a multithreaded network application.

What is great about this book?

Threads are fundamental to the way GUI and server applications operate; if your code is running in a GUI, then you're already writing code in a threaded environment. An ASP.NET page also runs in a threaded environment. This book aims to cover the tricky issues of threading in .NET, and particularly to do so from the perspective of C# developers. Threading is by nature not easy to grasp, but a necessary step towards mastery of programming for the .NET platform.

From the Publisher
This book is aimed at practicing c# developers who need to ensure that their applications can utilize the threading capabilities of the .NET Framework.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; illustrated edition edition (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861008295
• ISBN-13: 978-1861008299
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,416,853 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Code Unavailable, March 23, 2003

By A Customer

WROX put together another practical readable handbook. Only one problem - the code is unavailable for download. And maybe that would not be so bad if the authors covered all of the code in the text (and they don't).

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book to learn about multi-threading and related issues, July 29, 2005

By	Prerak Sanghvi "Prerak Sanghvi" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Some of the most complex problems in commercial programming arise when you use multiple threads in your application. This book deals with the various ways in which you could spawn new threads and create a more responsive application. However, like every experienced programmer knows, that is the easy part. The real difficulty is in making your code thread-safe. This is also known as thread synchronization. This book has excellent coverage of those aspects too.

It, however, assumes that you are familiar with C# and does indeed jump directly to the topic of the book. If you need help with C#, definitely look somewhere else (C# and the .NET platform, 2nd Edition by Andrew Troelsen is a fantastic book for that purpose). I also felt that the book skimps on some of the more detailed areas of .NET multithreading such as Thread Pools and some specialized classes such as AutoResetEvent, ManualResetEvent, etc. However, this in no way reduces the usefulness of this book.

I found it to be a great primer to learning more about these topics, which paved a path for further investigations using MSDN or other web resources.

Whether it is for your day-to-day job, or for an interview, if you are looking for a book that covers .NET threading in detail, you are likely to be satisfied with this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs to be more Application Oriented, March 20, 2006

By	Reader - See all my reviews

This is a good book to get started on .NET threading. However some of the examples are syntax oriented rather than application oriented. For example, the chapter on synchronization covers all the synchronization mechanisms available in .NET but the examples appear to be rushed i.e concentrating on how to use them syntactically rather than providing concrete examples. I also found the book a little unorganized. Some of the snippets are incomplete or improperly explained. Nonetheless, this book helps in getting up to speed in a short time. It covers almost all aspects of .NET Threading. Good reference but not great. 3 stars.