using System;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Net.Http;

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public class Program

{

    public static async Task Main()

    {

        try

        {

            var content = await GetWebPageTask();

            Console.WriteLine("Length: " + content.Length);

        }

        catch (Exception ex)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(ex);

        }

    }

​

    // The bad way (which will cause exceptions)

    static Task<string> GetWebPageTask()

    {

        using var httpClient = new HttpClient();

        return httpClient.GetStringAsync("https://www.microsoft.com");

    }

    // The good way

    static async Task<string> GetWebPageAsync()

    {

        using var httpClient = new HttpClient();

        return await httpClient.GetStringAsync("https://www.microsoft.com");

    }

​

}