Concurrency in .NET: Modern patterns of concurrent and parallel programming - Softcover

Terrell, Riccardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617292990 ISBN 13: 9781617292996

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2018

Synopsis

Summary

Concurrency in .NET teaches you how to build concurrent and scalable programs in .NET using the functional paradigm. This intermediate-level guide is aimed at developers, architects, and passionate computer programmers who are interested in writing code with improved speed and effectiveness by adopting a declarative and pain-free programming style.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

Unlock the incredible performance built into your multi-processor machines. Concurrent applications run faster because they spread work across processor cores, performing several tasks at the same time. Modern tools and techniques on the .NET platform, including parallel LINQ, functional programming, asynchronous programming, and the Task Parallel Library, offer powerful alternatives to traditional thread-based concurrency.

About the Book

Concurrency in .NET teaches you to write code that delivers the speed you need for performance-sensitive applications. Featuring examples in both C# and F#, this book guides you through concurrent and parallel designs that emphasize functional programming in theory and practice. You'll start with the foundations of concurrency and master essential techniques and design practices to optimize code running on modern multiprocessor systems.

What's Inside

• The most important concurrency abstractions
• Employing the agent programming model
• Implementing real-time event-stream processing
• Executing unbounded asynchronous operations
• Best concurrent practices and patterns that apply to all platforms

About the Reader

For readers skilled with C# or F#.

About the Book

Riccardo Terrell is a seasoned software engineer and Microsoft MVP who is passionate about functional programming. He has over 20 years' experience delivering cost-effective technology solutions in a competitive business environment.

Table of Contents

PART 1 - Benefits of functional programming applicable to concurrent programs

1. Functional concurrency foundations
2. Functional programming techniques for concurrency
3. Functional data structures and immutability

PART 2 - How to approach the different parts of a concurrent program

4. The basics of processing big data: data parallelism, part 1
5. PLINQ and MapReduce: data parallelism, part 2
6. Real-time event streams: functional reactive programming
7. Task-based functional parallelism
8. Task asynchronicity for the win
9. Asynchronous functional programming in F#
10. Functional combinators for fluent concurrent programming
11. Applying reactive programming everywhere with agents
12. Parallel workflow and agent programming with TPL Dataflow

PART 3 - Modern patterns of concurrent programming applied

13. Recipes and design patterns for successful concurrent programming
14. Building a scalable mobile app with concurrent functional programming

About this title

About the Author

Riccardo Terrell is a .NET seasoned software engineer, senior software architect and Microsoft MVP who is passionate about functional programming. He is well known and actively involved in the functional programming community, .NET meet ups, national and international conferences. Riccardo believes in polyglot programming as a mechanism for finding the right tool for the job.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1617292990
• ISBN 13: 9781617292996
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 568