overview.md ConcurrencyKitOverview ======================== TheConcurrencyKitisa.NET/Monokitthatincludesaportofthe[TaskParallelLibrary](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460717.aspx)andextendsittosupport[Fibers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_(computer_science)),[Coroutines](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroutine),and[Unity](http://unity3d.com/).Fibersallowcodepathstoexecuteconcurrentlyusingasinglethreadbyleveragingtheco-operativeyieldingbehaviorofcoroutines. ```{.cs} //Starttask1 vart1=Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>PatHead()); //Starttask2 vart2=Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>RubTummy()); //Thistaskwillcompletewhent1andt2completeand //thenitwillcontinuebyexecutingahappydance. Task.WhenAll(t1,t2).ContinueWith((t3)=>HappyDance()); ``` Becausecodewritteninthismannerisdesignedwithconcurrencyinmind,taskscanruninparallelacrossmultiplethreadsorasconcurrentfibersonasinglethreadjustbychangingoutthetaskscheduler.Thisflexibilitymakesiteasytowriteandmaintainasynchronouscodethatscales. ProvidedPackages ----------------- TheConcurrencyKitconsistsoffourmodularpackages.  UsingAsynchronousTasks ------------------------ Whenusinga.NETruntimeearlierthanv4,addareferencetothe**System.Threading.dll**assemblyprovidedbytheConcurrencyKittoaddsupportfor[Tasks](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537609)and[Thread-SafeCollections](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997305.aspx)toyourproject. ForafullexplanationoftheTaskprogrammingmodel,pleaseseethe[TaskParallelLibrary](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460717)documentationonMSDN. UsingFibers ------------ Fibersupportisprovidedbythe**SpicyPixel.Threading.dll**assemblyanditincludespackagesforboththecorefiberfeaturesaswellasanasynchronoustaskmodelforfibers. Pleaseseethe[Fibers](Docs/fibers.md)and[FiberTasks](Docs/fiber-tasks.md)topicsformoreinformation. UsingFibersinUnity --------------------- Unityspecificfibersupportisprovidedbythe**SpicyPixel.Threading.Unity.dll**assemblyanditincludesa[UnityFiberScheduler](@refSpicyPixel.Threading.UnityFiberScheduler)thatcanscheduleworkasaUnitycoroutineusingeitherthecorefibermodelorthetaskmodel. ThepackagealsoextendsMonoBehaviourtosupportconveniencemethodsforworkingwithfibersandtasks.See[UnityIntegration](Docs/unity-integration.md). VersionHistory --------------- Version1.0.4 *IntegratelatestMonoversion *AOTfixes *Renamescheduler'SharedInstance'singletonsto'Default'forconsistencywithTPL Version1.0.3 *SupportiOSbyworkingaroundAOTcompilerlimitations *Addthefollowingconveniencetypesandmembers: *classUnitySynchronizationContext *classUnityTaskFactory *classUnityTaskScheduler *propertyUnityFiberScheduler.SharedInstance *propertyConcurrentBehaviour.SharedInstance *AddUnitysampleConcurrencyKitSample Version1.0 *Initialrelease