Threading Video Tutorial

Implement multi-threading using the Thread class

Learn ASP.NET 4.0, C# and Visual Studio 2010 Expert Skills Lesson 3-4

How to use the Thread class to take advantage of multi-core processing and run more than one task simultaneously.

Use the ThreadPool class to manage multiple threads

Learn ASP.NET 4.0, C# and Visual Studio 2010 Expert Skills Lesson 3-6

How to use the ThreadPool class to quickly allocate tasks to multiple processor threads. This lesson also shows you how to prevent race conditions when working with the ThreadPool class.

Prevent race conditions when working with threads

Learn ASP.NET 4.0, C# and Visual Studio 2010 Expert Skills Lesson 3-5

How to prevent conflicts (or 'race conditions') between threads when using the Thread class.

Use the lock statement to prevent threads from conflicting

Learn ASP.NET 4.0, C# and Visual Studio 2010 Expert Skills Lesson 3-7

How to use the 'lock' statement in C# to prevent more than one thread from running the same piece of code simultaneously. This prevents problems caused by multiple threads trying to access the same resources at the same time.

Understand delegate methods

Learn ASP.NET 4.0, C# and Visual Studio 2010 Expert Skills Lesson 4-19

How to create and use 'delegate' methods, enabling a method to be treated as an object.

Create a scheduled event using a Timer object

Learn ASP.NET 4.0, C# and Visual Studio 2010 Expert Skills Lesson 11-4

How to use the Timer class to run C# code on a schedule.