This article introduces the TAP and the associated .NET language changes that streamline asynchronous programming and extend the multithreading enhancements in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.

In-Depth Deep Dive: Task-Based Asynchronous Pattern 08/02/2011 With each new version of the Microsoft .NET Framework and its associated languages, Microsoft has introduced key new features and ...

One of the approaches we took was to offload time-consuming tasks into background tasks. We built a library called WP Async Task to structure those background tasks.