Start a Task without waiting

Question

I am using asp.net mvc and I want to cache some data about user from database when he reaches the home page of the site. So when user requests the Home page, I want to call an async method, which makes database calls and caches data.

Any examples of doing this would be great.

Answer 1

public class HomeController : Controller
{
  public ActionResult Index()
  {
    ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";

    Task.Run(()=> DoSomeAsyncStuff());

    return View();
  }

  private async void DoSomeAsyncStuff()
  {

  }
}

Answer 2

For .NET Core I use this

_ = Task.Run(() => SomeAsyncFunction());