Introduction to C# Threading

Are you a C# developer and want to take your multi-threading skills to the next level? Are you working on a critical section of code and need to make sure your multi-threaded code is rock-solid in production? Or are you preparing for a C# exam?

Then this is the course for you! The tips and tricks in this course will give you an excellent foundation to start writing your very own bulletproof multi-threaded code.

The course covers threads, starting and aborting threads, locking threads, deadlocks, synchronizing threads, the AutoResetEvent and friends, and the thread barrier class. All you need to know to write your own robust multi-threaded code that will just keep running and never fail on you in production.

Here’s What You’ll Get

Training Lectures

Video Lessons

Quizzes

C# Code Examples

Certificate

Access

Training Details

This course contains a series of short lectures that cover many fundamental multithreading topics. I’ll show you all the problems you can expect in asynchronous code, like race conditions, deadlocks, livelocks and synchronisation issues. I’ll teach you quick and easy strategies to resolve these problems.

You will learn to write multithreaded code, how to safely start and abort a thread, and how to exchange data between two or more threads. I’ll explain the main reasons why multithreaded code often crashes, and what you can do about it. We’ll also look at resolving race conditions, using the AutoResetEvent and ManualResetEvent in code… and much more!

By the end of this course you will be able to write robust multithreaded C# code that can take a beating.

Name: Introduction to C# Threading.

Format: Self-paced.

Content: training lectures, video lessons, and quizzes

Requirements: a Windows, Mac or Linux laptop with Visual Studio Code and the NET Framework

Support: Slack channel.

Associated certification: none.

Sneak Preview

In this complimentary training lecture, I will teach you how to synchronize two threads by using the special AutoResetEvent class in C#. This class allows two threads to safely exchange data without risking a race condition or a deadlock.

Training Curriculum

Introduction

Course Intro

Introduction to Threading

Windows, OS/X or Linux?

Working with Threads

Introduction

How to Start a Thread

First Problem: Race Conditions

Passing In Data to a Thread

Second Problem: Waiting On a Thread

Joining and Suspending Threads

Interrupting and Aborting Threads

Recap

Quiz

Introducing Thread Locking

Introduction

When Should You Lock Threads?

The Lock Statement

Dealing With Deadlocks

Assignment: Have Dinner With The Philosophers

Using The Interlocked Class

Recap

Quiz

How to Synchronize Thread

Introduction

Thread Synchronization With AutoResetEvents

How to Build a Producer/Consumer Queue

The ManualResetEvent Class

The CountdownEvent Class

Thread Rendezvous

Recap

Quiz

In Conclusion

What you´ve learned

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“I wish I had started sooner, because this is a really good course. Mark takes the time to explain difficult concepts in a way that is easy to digest. For example, I loved his explanation of the AutoResetEvent class. I never really understood it that well until now.”

Vikram Hegde, online student

See Me In Action

BUILDING THE SUPERMARKET OF THE FUTURE FOR MEDIAPLAZA

In 2005 the Dutch innovation center MediaPlaza invited me to help them build the supermarket shelf of the future. We created a cabinet with hidden RFID antenna’s that automatically detected when products tagged with RFID chips were placed on or picked up from the shelves. We also added LCD displays showing dynamic prices and TV monitors for playing narrowcasting commercials and showing live stock levels.

I wrote the multi-threaded C# code that drove the RFID antenna’s, detected products entering or leaving the antenna fields, updated the prices on the LCD displays, played commercials and updated the stock levels automatically. The photo shows the finished product running my software at a trade show in Utrecht.

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