Addressing a Simple Yet Common C# Async/Await Misconception

Ben Hall (failingfast.io)

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I regularly come across developers who hold the misconception that code in a method will continue to be executed, in parallel to code in an awaited method call. So I'm going to demonstrate the behaviour we should expect in this article.

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Ben Hall (failingfast.io)

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Ben is the Principal Developer at a gov.uk and .NET Foundation foundation member. He previously worked for over 9 years as a school teacher, teaching programming and Computer Science. He enjoys making complex topics accessible and practical for busy developers.

Addressing a Simple Yet Common C# Async/Await Misconception

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