Async Programming and TCP Sockets in C# with Stephen Cleary

Stephen Cleary is the author of the Concurrency in C# Cookbook and a Microsoft MVP. He has also written many blog posts on asynchronous programming.We discuss:Why he calls manual thread creation legacy codeUsing Async/Await and the Task Parallel Library instead of ThreadsAPIs to avoid when writing concurrent applicationsWhy you shouldn't write TCP SocketsContinuously reading from a socket to detect errorsBuilding state machines to manage socket connectionsRelated Links:@aSteveClearyGetting Started with Async/AwaitTCP/IP SocketsThere is no ThreadConcurrency in C# CookbookMusic by Crystal Cola:Intro: 12:30 AMOutro: Orion