how to do async programming in csharp

In C#, asynchronous programming is achieved using the async and await keywords.

Here is an example of how to use async and await in C#:

main.cs
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class MainClass {
    static async Task Main() {
        await DoAsyncOperation();
        Console.WriteLine("Async operation completed");
    }

    static async Task DoAsyncOperation() {
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1");

        var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

        Console.WriteLine(content);
    }
}
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In the above example, the Main method is marked as async and uses the await keyword to call the DoAsyncOperation method. The DoAsyncOperation method also marked as async and perform asynchronous operations using HttpClient to make a web request asynchronously.

Remember the following key points:

  1. Methods with the async keyword must return Task or Task<T> for asynchronous operations.
  2. Use the await keyword to asynchronously wait for the completion of a task.
  3. You can only use the await keyword inside an async method.

This is a basic example, and there are more advanced scenarios and patterns in asynchronous programming in C# that you can explore.

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