Concurrent programming on Windows

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffy, Joe, Author.

Series:

Microsoft Windows Development

Microsoft .NET development series Concurrent programming on Windows

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Windows (Computer file).

Parallel programming (Computer science)--Distributed processing.

Parallel programming (Computer science).

Electronic data processing.

Computer multitasking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 958 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2009

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

“When you begin using multi-threading throughout an application, the importance of clean architecture and design is critical. . . . This places an emphasis on understanding not only the platform’s capabilities but also emerging best practices. Joe does a great job interspersing best practices alongside theory throughout his book.” – From the Foreword by Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation Author Joe Duffy has risen to the challenge of explaining how to write software that takes full advantage of concurrency and hardware parallelism. In Concurrent Programming on Windows, he explains how to design, implement, and maintain large-scale concurrent programs, primarily using C# and C++ for Windows. Duffy aims to give application, system, and library developers the tools and techniques needed to write efficient, safe code for multicore processors. This is important not only for the kinds of problems where concurrency is inherent and easily exploitable—such as server applications, compute-intensive image manipulation, financial analysis, simulations, and AI algorithms—but also for problems that can be speeded up using parallelism but require more effort—such as math libraries, sort routines, report generation, XML manipulation, and stream processing algorithms. Concurrent Programming on Windows has four major sections: The first introduces concurrency at a high level, followed by a section that focuses on the fundamental platform features, inner workings, and API details. Next, there is a section that describes common patterns, best practices, algorithms, and data structures that emerge while writing concurrent software. The final section covers many of the common system-wide architectural and process concerns of concurrent programming. This is the only book you’ll need in order to learn the best practices and common patterns for programming with concurrency on Windows and .NET.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents at a Glance

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Part I Concepts

1 Introduction

2 Synchronization and Time

Part II Mechanisms

3 Threads

4 Advanced Threads

5 Windows Kernel Synchronization

6 Data and Control Synchronization

7 Thread Pools

8 Asynchronous Programming Models

9 Fibers

Part III Techniques

10 Memory Models and Lock Freedom

11 Concurrency Hazards

12 Parallel Containers

13 Data and Task Parallelism

14 Performance and Scalability

Part IV Systems

15 Input and Output

16 Graphical User Interfaces

Part V Appendices

A Designing Reusable Libraries for Concurrent .NET Programs

B Parallel Extensions to .NET

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612648823

9780321604415

0321604415

9781282648821

1282648829

9780321604422

0321604423

OCLC:

297556625