CSE681 - Software Modeling and Analysis

Lecture #6 - Processes and Threads

Revised: 30 September 2008
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This lecture is an introduction to processes and threads from both the Win32 and the .Net perspectives. Today we talk about creating processes, creating and using threads, thread safety, and we give a lot of code examples.
  1. The Syllabus describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
  2. Project #3, Project #4
  3. Test Harness Prototype
  4. Excellent Tutorial on C# Threads, Delegate Shortcuts - found by Rijika Tandon
  5. Process diagram, Memory Mapping
  6. Win32 Process Creation
  7. .Net Process Creation
  8. Why threads? demo
  9. Win32 Threads Presentation
  10. .Net Threads Presentation
  11. Queued Messages
  12. Blocking Queue
  13. Thread Problems
  14. Synchronization
  15. .Net FormInvoke Demo
  16. ThreadPool Demo
  17. .Net Worker Thread
  18. Abstract Task Model