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hi.

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An Async Call To Arms

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github @xpaulbettsx

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Asynchronous is a concern that pervades your entire design.

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What should we do, Microso ?

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“Just write two versions... ...and maintain them both”

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there is no need to be upset

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Port WinRT to everywhere Async Everywhere Libraries should only use WinRT Ship as a drop-in shim for WinRT

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Why Bother? Porting once is still hard The world is broken How is this be er?

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We can no longer write synchronous software. - Abraham Lincoln

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Winter Await is Coming™

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IStorageFile

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IStorageFolder

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Thread Pools

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ignore what’s not important

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Here be Dragons IVector and IMap

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So just what is the Windows Runtime™?

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a diagram

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IVector is like IList except when it’s not.

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“When building Windows Store apps with the Microsoft .NET Framework, this interface is hidden and developers should use the IList interface.”

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If it’s too hard, you’re not cheating enough - DHH

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the solution Deviate from the API a bit when necessary

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Next Level S*** Not just Compatible, but Be er™

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Native implementations on iOS and Android

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Just use Task

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async isn’t always concurrent

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Tests run synchronously

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A modest proposal Create an “official” WinRT port Drop-in NuGet packages Work with lib devs to port to it

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Thanks!