Questions tagged [asynchronous]
Asynchronous programming is simply allowing some portions of code to be executed on separate threads. It makes your applications perform better, be more responsive, and use the resources of the system they are running on to the fullest extent.
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Cancelling Local WebClient ASync Operation
I had previously asked this question on SO. The answer pointed me towards using the task parallel library for multiple parallel downloads. I'm not actually utilizing this exact code, but it got me ...
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Node.js Nested Callbacks, multiple requests
I'm making requests to Parse.com to 3 different objects that are needed to render a View.
I'd like to know what's the general/best approach in cases like these in which there are multiple requests ...
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A little "infile" Asynchronous Module Definition
I like the modular aspect of AMDs (Asynchronous Module Definition; see this Stack Overflow reply) and it's quite neat to structure JS.
But I typically compile all my JS files into one JS file. ...
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Asynchronous lightweight JSON API
I am writing a lightweight JSON API, and I come from a PHP background, so I have some questions/reviews about async node.js code.
This is my code so far:
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Amazon S3 pass-through controller
I am building a website that uses Amazon S3 to host its image (and other) files.
I require that images displayed on the website look like they come from my site and not from Amazon (so we are talking ...
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A server response written in node/express/mongodb: does this look right?
This is my very very very first attempt to write anything meaningful in node. The client side is a simple form that has login, workspace, and simply saves them onto the database. It would have been a ...
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File Async writer using Tasks or new features of .Net 4.5?
This code was posted as answer to Async file writer in .Net 3.5.
How would it be done better using Tasks or new features in .Net 4.5?
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Async file writer in .Net 3.5
I'm curious what people think about this little bit of logging code. It seems to work ok. Is there anything I'm missing?
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Efficient Album Cover loading for ListView
I have a list view which display in each view a Album's name, the associated Artist and the album art.
Here is the code of my ListFragment which display this list:...
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Datagrid not refreshing correctly with Async Ping VB .Net
I have an application coded in VB.NET that has a bunch of servers in a DataGridView and does a continuous asynchronous ping. If all the servers are up it refreshes great, but if one goes down and ...
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MVC Async Action Invoking Workflow
I've just started working with Workflow (WF4) and have been playing with an idea of using it in MVC3.0 controller actions to see if it improves the maintainability of complex actions; also potentially ...
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Old-way of asynchronous programming in ASP.NET MVC 3
On ASP.NET MVC, I try to write an async Controller action with the old asynchronous programming model (actually, it is the current one, new one is still a CTP).
Here, I am trying to run 4 operations ...
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Implementation of an asynchronous TCP/UDP server
I am trying to implement a TCP/UDP server so all I have to do is something like this:
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Listener pattern implementation
In my project, I am doing asynchronous processes in almost every classes. To explain my problem, I have created a sample:
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Asynchronous network callback code
I did not get the job after submitting this piece of work in an interview, but I have no feedback to know what "BAD" things are inside this block of code.
The requirements are:
Connect to the ...
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Loading JavaScript files asynchronously
I need to get some scripts from the different social networking site and cache them. I want the function to be asynchronous, and non-blocking.
I have settled with a script, but I am not really sure ...
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Async, callbacks, and closures
After having spent a month or two trying to learn JavaScript, especially functional programming, async, and closures, I finally get it. But I don't know if I'm writing elegant code... Specifically, I'...
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AsynTask example
As I was trying to demystify the Android AsyncTask functionalities, I wrote this sample app to test it. Please review my code and suggest possible improvements:
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Is this a safe/correct way to make a python LogHandler asynchronous?
I'm using some slow-ish emit() methods in Python (2.7) logging (email, http POST, etc.) and having them done synchronously in the calling thread is delaying web requests. I put together this function ...
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Using Delegates and BeginInvoke with .NET 2.0 WebServices
I'm attempting to implement a simple long-polling/comet/reverse AJAX solution, and came across the concept of delegates, specifically with the BeginInvoke and ...
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Asynchronous task runner
This is my personal project. This class is responsible for running jobs asynchronously that are registered using dependency injection.
All improvement suggestions are welcome. It can be as small as ...
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Asynchronous Sockets
I need to implement a TCP client application. The client and the server send messages to each other. I want to make this program scalable enough to handle connections to multiple servers at the same ...
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What is better for Lazy-Loading Navigation Properties of detached Self-Tracking Entities through a WCF service?
I have a WCF client which passes Self-Tracking Entities to a WPF application built with MVVM. The application itself has a dynamic interface. Users can select which objects they want visible in their ...
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Asynchronous website monitor
I have a class which is responsible for checking whether a website is up or down. I've made it to run asynchronously, but I would like critique if this is a good/bad way or if there is another better ...
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