I'm in a bit of a bind for my school project due tomorrow and need some insights on async programming. I was tasked with asking fellow programmers about their experiences learning to use 'await' and 'async'. How quickly did you pick it up, and were there any significant challenges you faced?
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Honestly, once you put those keywords in, it's not too tough! It's pretty straightforward. But if you're looking for deeper insights, you might want to consider when to use async functions beyond the basics.
The basic concepts are pretty easy to understand in just a couple of days. You can write standard async methods quickly. However, modernizing codebases to use TAP without running into deadlocks or data races? That could take months or years of practice.
It took me a few days to really get comfortable with 'await' and 'async'. When I started, the official documentation was a bit lacking, so I found clearer explanations through tech bloggers and tutorials. Those resources really helped!
Thank you!
So, you found it really easy? When do you usually write something async?