Library tutorials & articles tagged with threads

• Multithreading in VB.NET

  by John Spano

  Multithreading, a very powerful technique, is essential for modern software development. Software users expect to work with a very responsive program that they don’t have to wait on, which is a very reasonable demand with the processor speeds that are currently available. Enter multithreading. This article shows you how. vb.net, threads, multithreading

• .NET Threading Part II

  by Randy Charles Morin

  This is the second article of two parts on .NET threading. In this second part, I will discuss further the synchronization objects in the System.Threading .NET namespace, thread local storage, COM interoperability and thread states. c#, .net, threading, threads

• .NET Threading Part I

  by Randy Charles Morin

  The first in a two part series, introducing how to create and manipulate threads with the .NET framework, including creating a thread, thread pools, syncronization, race conditions and timers. c#, vb.net, .net, threading

• Using User-Interface Threads

  by Joseph M. Newcomer

  I discovered the utility of user-interface threads a few weeks ago. This essay captures what I learned. In particular, there are some interesting issues of thread initialization that are not readily addressed. This also discusses why a user-interface thread may have no GUI objects associated with it c++, threads

• Worker Threads

  by Joseph M. Newcomer

  This describes techniques for proper use of worker threads. It is based on several years' experience in programming multithreaded applications. c++, threads, threading