What is recommended way to perform async tasks in WPF?

Question

Are there any standard tools, or recommended approaches for async tasks execution?

UPD I understand, how to use threads. I only need to know the recommended WPF way

Answer 1

Have a look at below post, it describes a way to create an async delegate command(using BackgroundWorker). I have used this kind of command in our application and it works fine and at the same time it provides a consistent way of doing things asynchronously.

An Asynchronous Delegate Command for your WPF MVVM Apps - AsyncDelegateCommand http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/2010/10/asynchronous-delegate-command-for-your.html

A similar implementation is also mentioned here - Asynchronous WPF Commands