CSE681 - Software Modeling and Analysis

Lecture #10 - Processes and Threads

Revised: 16 June 2007
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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. For anyone who is still struggling to get Project #1 together, I've put a prototype in cse681/code/CodeGenPrototype.
  3. Project #3, Project #4
  4. Process diagram
  5. Win32 Process Creation
  6. .Net Process Creation
  7. Why threads? demo
  8. Win32 Threads Presentation
  9. .Net Threads Presentation
  10. Queued Messages
  11. Queued Messages with synchronized methods
  12. Blocking Queue
  13. Threaded Mediator
  14. Thread Problems
  15. Synchronization
  16. .Net FormInvoke Demo
  17. ThreadPool Demo
  18. Form's BackgroundWorker
  19. .Net Worker Thread
  20. Abstract Task Model