C# Async Yield Return: IAsyncEnumerable will change your life!!!

Have you ever wondered if there was an async yield return in C#? Well, there is an async yield return and in this video, I'll show you how to use the yield return statement asynchronously in C#.
When you use the yield return statement in your code, you indicate that the method, operator, or get accessor in which the yield return keyword appears is an iterator. The yield return statement will return one one element in a collection at a time.
The result returned from a yield return iterator method can be consumed by using a foreach statement or LINQ query. Each iteration of the foreach loop calls the iterator method. When a yield return statement is reached in the iterator method, the result is returned and the current location in the iterator method is retained. Upon the execution of the next element in the foreach loop, the iterator method is restarted from the retained location the next time that the iterator method is called.
When working with asynchronous code using async/await, the use of the yield return statement requires just a few small adjustments to your code. Using an async yield return statement requires that the method be asynchronous, making use of async/await.
Usually an async method will return a task. Your first thought when using yield return in your async method may be to have the method return Task of IEnumerable. However, this is not allowed when using yield return, instead your async yield return method must return an IAsyncEnumerable.
You also cannot wait your new async yield return method that returns an IAsynEnumerable. Instead, yo must await the "foreach" statement instead. This is becuase IAsyncEnumerable does not have a GetAwaiter() method. IAsyncEnumerable is an async iterator.
Hopefully this video will help clear up the async yield return usage.
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@@WillEhrendreich Just test it like you would any task based method. If you are using Mock, there are some setups you can also use by returning yourData.ToAsyncEnumerable in the setup.

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Hey Brian, Thank you for the wonderful video. Could you elaborate what is happening under the hood of yield and IAsyncEnumerable?

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@Brain thanks for a video, could you please answer in which case I should use async enumeration? Could I use it in the repository ? for examples to fetching data using where expression. What is the right type to return list or enumerable?

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Your videos are great, I have your 🔔 on and don't miss a single video of you. I have a question which doesn't even need a video. Is the async - await approach best choice for IO operations in desktop applications like WPF and WinForms? Or I should consider using threads?

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Async/await is perfect for IO operations. Don't use thread unless you absolutely need the extra control.

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thank you a lot for the tutorial yet it throws me and error: The non-generic type 'IAsyncEnumerable' cannot be used with type arguments IAsyncEnumerable

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This isn't really Prism related, but focus in general is a pain. It will have to be done on the UI layer usually via behaviors or attached properties.

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What about returning a IEnumerable ?

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A delegate is simply a pointer to methods with a particular parameter list and return type. When you instantiate a delegate, you associate its instance with a method with a compatible signature and return type. When you the call the delegate instance (or invoke it), you invoke the method the delegate points to. Delegates are used to pass methods as arguments to other methods. I hope that helps until I can do a video.

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What if I need to read into the ObservableColleciton? Does it bring some changes into the approach you described in the video?

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Not sure what you mean exactly, but you can put any logic you wish into a "yield return" enumerator method. This is how LINQ works.

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Really great stuff, how about memory streams and Yield? Do you any tutorial?

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sorry, but I don’t have an videos on memory streams yet

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Brian, could you please explain [Slim]Semaphore-ing

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thanks for the idea

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Well, @Brian, I came across your video because I came across an issue with the IAsyncEnumerable and yield return. Your exercise added an item that won't work for me. I don't want a delay but without anything awaited I get the a warning that it won't run asynchronously. Try your above project without the delay item and tell me how you fix that issue.

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You need to await a Task based method in order to use it.

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@@BrianLagunas Are you able to provide an example of what you mean? In my situation I'm writing a command line tool that is processing multiple, fixed-size files as part of image creation. Loading and processing in parallel or asynchronously would be an ideal situation. Given that async and parallel don't play very nice with one another...

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Hey Brain, public void RegisterTypes(IContainerRegistry containerRegistry) { containerRegistry.Register("UserServices"); containerRegistry.Register("TestService"); } How prism will create instance for 2 classes. Please post an small video explaining.

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I use it in production 😃

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Hi, Thanks for the nice demo. What If I want to break the WHILE loop, while the line data is being populated in the ListBox?

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Thought of using Cancellation Token. But I would like to know your approach. Thank you in advance.

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private async IAsyncEnumerable GetLines(string filePath, [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken token) { string line; StreamReader file = new StreamReader(filePath); while((line = await file.ReadLineAsync()) != null) { await Task.Delay(400); yield return line; if(token.IsCancellationRequested) { yield break; } } }

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@@pgc1721 You don't need the yield break logic, just pass the token to the Task.Delay and it will throw the OperationCanceledException which will cancel it

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wow, better implementation than Application.DoEvents or Control.Invoke() inside user-threads.

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Everything is good. Just working my day job. Hoping to get time to record more content soon.

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Can you please talk about the difference between "x:Name" and "Name" in WPF

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What could be a nice short video. Thanks for the idea

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Brian, could you show your method of using the SecureString in Prism/WPF/MVVM? For instance, I have service that I want to securely store the password in the app/ViewModel until the service method is called. Or point me to one of your previous posts/blogs.

[@BrianLagunas]

SecureString actually isn't secure at all. You're better off just encrypting/hashing the password.

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@@BrianLagunas Show us some encryption then 😀

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SecureString is not an alternative to encryption or hashing, it is a complement. Think layered security. SecureString is not when you already have a string and want to it be secure, it is when you want to read keyboard input, one character at a time, in a secure way, because with a regular string it would be stored in memory in the heap and you could inspect it with a memory debugger to uncover it.

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It’s not a compliment either. It just makes the window getting the plain text shorter; it doesn't fully prevent it as .NET still has to convert the string to a plain text representation. Don’t ever use SecureString.

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What is the neccessity of Yield return?? Did u check it by syncronisely ruuning it how much time it consumes?

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I'm not sure I understand your question, but if you want to know how to use yield return synchronously watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foO7nJiXmq6gfdU

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Brian, Im having a hard time programming a complex tables with custom rows and totals. is it WPF the right choice to make dynamic complex tables with many binding and calculations?

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Not having any context to your problem, yes, you can build dynamic tables in WPF. You could also use a JavaScript stack. Just depends on the requirements of your app.

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@@BrianLagunas how can i send you a file so maybe you can get a look into it?

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@@mariomorazan9473 while I would love to help, I just don't have the time. I'm so sorry.

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Hi Brian, In a delegate command, How to make a CanExecute evaluation based on completion of some task? Kind of Lazy Can Execute.

[@BrianLagunas]

You don't 🤣

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My next question is: what's the point of using asynchronous programming in web apps or web APIs??? while there is no UI to be blocked? I mean there is a UI actually, but it is on the client side and running on another machine

[@BrianLagunas]

I'm not as experienced with web APIs so I did some research and found this doc: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/performance/performance-best-practices?view=aspnetcore-3.1. It states "Asynchronous APIs allow a small pool of threads to handle thousands of concurrent requests by not waiting on blocking calls. Rather than waiting on a long-running synchronous task to complete, the thread can work on another request."

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We did something similar but looped coroutines in an async manner or something like that.

[@BrianLagunas]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing

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Can you make a video on Task v/s Threads

[@BrianLagunas]

That's actually on my list. I just haven't gotten around to it yet

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Hi Brian! Have you considered creating a Discord server specifically for your YT channel?

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I have, but I'm not sure anyone would really want to join it. Plus with my limited amount of time I'm not sure how often I could participate myself.

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@@BrianLagunas You almost have 10K subscribers, which is a big number if you think about it. I just thought it'd help you to build a community base (BTW Sorry for writing "Brain" instead of "Brian".)

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You're right. 10K is a lot. I will think about it a little more. I would just want to make sure that it would provide value to people.

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Brian, it's me again. Let's make it hard (to me) how can you set the ambient for binding like datacontext in a dependencyobject.

[@BrianLagunas]

I'm sorry, but I don't understand your question. What do you mean by "set the ambient for binding"

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I have two list object and contains crores of data in both list. I want to loop through with one other list and return a new set of list. Can you please give me the best solution for this to reduce the performance issues?

[@BrianLagunas]

Lots of ways to do this. You can use firstList.Concat(secondList), you can use firstList.AddRange(secondList), you can use secondList.ForEach(item => firstList.Add(item)), you can use yield return to return each item from each list. Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I am sure there are more.

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Yes, everything is good. I have been really busy at work and then I have been on vacati0n. I will be back soon.

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In VB6 i'd just add DoEvents inside the loop. BAM, UI is responsive again! Ah... The good ol' days

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🤣🤣🤣 I remember those days. Good times

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How to use IAsyncenumerable in CQRS , MediatR

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Thanks a lot for your videos! 1. What to practice in order to be good at understanding complex systems? 2. How to get over the feeling of overwhelming when trying to learn? I always try to rush through a topic knowing that there are other stuff needed to be learnt.

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@David P, do you have an example of a complex system and/or language(s) to target it with? For instance, in my department, we code for a 6-axis arm on a linear rail in the pharmaceutical robotics industry. This can be difficult for some, business as usual for others. Frankly, it's a really fun product line that flosses the brain daily.

[@diegoronkkomaki6858]

Sorry for butting in but the answer for number 2 is kinda in the question. Don't try to rush through things. Test them yourself, even better if you have a project where you can use new functionality in a "real life" scenario. Even if a video is 10 minutes, it doesn't mean you will learn it in 10 minutes. Spend an hour or two mucking around with IAsyncEnumerable after watching this video. See how it behaves. Atleast this is how I learn things.

[@BrianLagunas]

1. Complex systems don't start out complex. They all start out simple, and then complexity grows over time. Each system is also different, so there is not "one size fits all" approach to understanding complex systems. The only thing that will make a complex system easier to understand is spending time working in that system. 2. As @Diego pointed out, don't try to rush to learn something. Learning comes with time and experience working with something. The longer you work with it, the more you'll know about it.

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what about a video for wpf datagrid filtering and grouping

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I wouldn't recommend using the default data grid control. I would use a professional data grid from companies like Infragistics. If you must use the default data grid, to group and filter use a CollectionViewSource instead of an ObservableCollection

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@@BrianLagunas yes i was looking for a video for CollectionViewSource with mvvm but what is wrong with the default datagrid control

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Not available in .NET Framework.

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Correct. Only available in .NET Core 3.0 and above

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Dark mode sucks for most environments, especially when presenting.