Creating a library that can perform several things at once

In this recipe, we will be looking at the basics of threading and we will make use of the System.Threading namespace inside a .NET Standard 2.0 library.

Getting ready

Let's make sure we have the latest Visual Studio 2017 installed and configured for creating a .NET Standard 2.0 library before we get started building our library.

How to do it...

1. Open Visual Studio 2017.
2. Click File | New | Project to create a project. 

3. In the New Project dialog box, expand the Other Project Types node in the left-hand pane and select Visual Studio Solutions. In the right-hand pane, select Blank Solution.

4. In the Name: textbox, type Chapter6.Threads and, in the Location: textbox, select a path from the drop-down box or click on the Browse... button to locate a path:

5. Click OK.
6. Now, the Solution Explorer (Ctrl + Alt + L) should look like this:

7. Now, right-click on the Chapter6.Threads label in the Solution Explorer and select Add | New Project.
8. In the New Project...