Gadgetry

Gadgetry is C# library for creating long-running tasks and background workers.

Steps

A step will run one-after-another.

^{A gadget that utilises steps.}

Workers

A worker will run in parallel with all other workers.

^{A gadget that utilises workers to execute 16 counters in parallel.}

Channels

A channel represents the flow of data from one Gadget to another.

^{A gadget that utilises a producer and a consumer in order to aggregate data.}

Resources

A resource can be used to share state between Gadgets.

^{A Gadget that waits and writes a value to a resource.}

Documentation

Documentation can be associated with a Gadget and other Gadget components.

^{A documented Gadget and Channel.}

Visualisation

A visualiser is a model used to visualise the current state of a Gadget.

^{A Gadget with a visualiser for it's progress.}