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---
title: "Writing tasks: Introduction"
sidebarTitle: "Introduction"
description: "Tasks are the core of Trigger.dev. They are long-running processes that are triggered by events."
---
Before digging deeper into the details of writing tasks, you should read the [fundamentals of tasks](/tasks/overview) to understand what tasks are and how they work.
## Writing tasks
| Topic | Description |
| :---------------------------------------------------| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Logging](/logging) | View and send logs and traces from your tasks. |
| [Errors & retrying](/errors-retrying) | How to deal with errors and write reliable tasks. |
| [Wait](/wait) | Wait for periods of time or for external events to occur before continuing. |
| [Concurrency & Queues](/queue-concurrency) | Configure what you want to happen when there is more than one run at a time. |
| [Versioning](/versioning) | How versioning works. |
| [Machines](/machines) | Configure the CPU and RAM of the machine your task runs on |
| [Idempotency](/idempotency) | Protect against mutations happening twice. |
| [Replaying](/replaying) | You can replay a single task or many at once with a new version of your code. |
| [Notifications](/notifications) | Send realtime notifications from your task that you can subscribe to from your backend or frontend. |