private void RunDownloadSync()
{
List <string> websites = PrepData();
foreach (var site in websites)
{
WebsiteDataModel results = DownloadWebsite(site);
ReportWebsiteInfo(results);
}
}
private async Task <WebsiteDataModel> DownloadWebsiteAsync(string websiteUrl)
{
var model = new WebsiteDataModel();
WebClient client = new WebClient();
model.WebsiteUrl = websiteUrl;
model.WebsiteData = await client.DownloadStringTaskAsync(websiteUrl);
return(model);
}
private WebsiteDataModel DownloadWebsite(string websiteUrl)
{
var model = new WebsiteDataModel();
WebClient client = new WebClient();
model.WebsiteUrl = websiteUrl;
model.WebsiteData = client.DownloadString(websiteUrl);
return(model);
}
private async Task RunDownloadASync()
{
List <string> websites = PrepData();
foreach (var site in websites)
{
//Task.Run() is used to wrap around code that you want to run asynchronous.
//The await keyword tells the code to run the task asynchronously but wait for the result.
//The point to do this is to let the let the UI-thread do its other jobs while a new thread takes care of the DownloadWebsite operation.
WebsiteDataModel results = await Task.Run(() => DownloadWebsite(site));
ReportWebsiteInfo(results);
}
}
private void ReportWebsiteInfo(WebsiteDataModel model)
{
resultsWindow.Text += $"{model.WebsiteUrl} downloaded: {model.WebsiteData.Length} characters long. {Environment.NewLine}";
}
