Creating Asynchronous Actions in ASP.NET MVC

Asynchronous actions allow you to handle more concurrent requests and can be implemented using async / await keywords. Asynchronous actions are useful in situations where you are performing some network operation such as calling a remote service. This article discusses asynchronous actions and also shows how to create them in an ASP.NET MVC.

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