How to implement guide with asynchronous method not awaiting in .net 6 with entity framework core
I'm prototyping a solution and I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me. I've been banging my head against this for hours. I tried several approaches but none seem to work. I am working with a question with an asynchronous method in my .NET 6 web application using Entity Framework Core. I have a method that fetches user data from the database based on some criteria, but it seems that the data retrieval is not completing as expected. When I call this method, it returns before the data is actually fetched, leading to a null reference exception when I try to access properties of the expected result. Here’s the code for my method: ```csharp public async Task<User> GetUserAsync(int userId) { return await _context.Users.FindAsync(userId); } ``` And I am calling it like this: ```csharp public async Task<IActionResult> GetUser(int id) { var user = GetUserAsync(id); if (user == null) { return NotFound(); } return Ok(user); } ``` The scenario seems to be that I forgot to use `await` in the controller action when calling `GetUserAsync`, leading to the method returning a task instead of the actual user object. However, I also noticed that I have no warning or behavior message indicating that I am not awaiting the task. Shouldn’t the compiler give me feedback on this? I've tried running the code with `await` in the controller method, and it works as expected, but I'm curious if this is common behavior in .NET 6. Are there best practices to ensure that I always remember to await async methods? Is there any way to enforce this at compile time, or is it something that developers need to be constantly vigilant about? My development environment is macOS. Any suggestions would be helpful. I recently upgraded to Csharp 3.11. Is there a better approach? This is my first time working with Csharp stable. Is there a better approach? My development environment is Ubuntu 22.04. I'm open to any suggestions.