Getting started with TPL

gistfile1.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace PortableClassLibrary1
{
    public class Class1
    {
        public Class1()
        {
            Task.Factory.StartNew(DoSomething);

            Task.Factory.StartNew(() => DoSomethingReturnTask())
                .ContinueWith(t => Debug.WriteLine("This task finished"));
        }

        static void DoSomething()
        {
            // something long
        }

        static Task DoSomethingReturnTask()
        {
            return Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1));
        }

    }
}