Microsoft.Tpl.Dataflow vs System.Net.Http

Provides a programming interface for modern HTTP applications, including HTTP client components that allow applications to consume web services over HTTP and HTTP components that can be used by both clients and servers for parsing HTTP headers. Commonly Used Types: System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException System.Net.Http.HttpClient System.Net.Http.MultipartContent System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpContentHeaders System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler System.Net.Http.StreamContent System.Net.Http.FormUrlEncodedContent System.Net.Http.HttpMessageHandler When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

TPL Dataflow promotes actor/agent-oriented designs through primitives for in-process message passing, dataflow, and pipelining. TDF builds upon the APIs and scheduling infrastructure provided by the Task Parallel Library (TPL), and integrates with the language support for asynchrony provided by C#, Visual Basic, and F#. Supported Platforms: - .NET Framework 4.5 - Windows 8 - Windows Phone 8.1 - Windows Phone Silverlight 8 - Portable Class Libraries.