Top "Task" questions

A task is an abstraction that is used to work with concurrency, it can denote operation that should be executed concurrently with the rest of a program.

Start app at a specific time

I was wondering if it's possible (and if it is how) to start up my app at a specific time, …

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Difference between await and ContinueWith

Can someone explain if await and ContinueWith are synonymous or not in the following example. I'm trying to use TPL …

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How to properly create and run concurrent tasks using python's asyncio module?

I am trying to properly understand and implement two concurrently running Task objects using Python 3's relatively new asyncio module. …

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Do rails rake tasks provide access to ActiveRecord models?

I am trying to create a custom rake task, but it seems I dont have access to my models. I …

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Should I worry about "This async method lacks 'await' operators and will run synchronously" warning

I have a interface which exposes some async methods. More specifically it has methods defined which return either Task or …

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How to handle Task.Run Exception

I had a problem with catching the exception from Task.Run which was resolved by changing the code as follows. …

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How can I run both of these methods 'at the same time' in .NET 4.5?

I have a method which does 2 independent pieces of logic. I was hoping I can run them both at the …

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The minimum number of coins the sum of which is S

Given a list of N coins, their values (V1, V2, ... , VN), and the total sum S. Find the minimum number …

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