C# Async/Await and Delegates/Events: The Concepts Behind Every Responsive Application (opens in new tab)

Every endpoint in the C# API powering my techstackblog uses async/await. Every LINQ query I write is secretly built on delegates. These two concepts are usually taught in separate chapters, but in real production code they constantly overlap - an event handler is often async, and a delegate parameter is often awaited. This post covers both, with the analogies that made them click for me and the mistakes I see most often in production code. Part 1 — Async and Await The Analogy Imagine ordering...