Silverlight Async Programming – Best Practices

Silverlight client runtime does not allow synchronous operations and requires network-based operations to be asynchronous. While asynchronous and event-based programming models have been a part of the .NET Framework since the earliest versions, orchestrating sequential and parallel asynchronous workflows can be problematic.

• Asynchronous Events

• Using Action for an Event Façade

• Using the Asynchronous Programming Model (APM)

• Nesting Service Calls

• Another excellent article on Async