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Foundations: Windows Workflow Design Patterns
Matthew Milner - August 2009
Design patterns provide a common, repeatable approach to solving software development tasks, and many different patterns can describe how to accomplish a certain goal in code. When developers begin working with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), they often ask about how to accomplish common tasks with the technology. This month's column discusses several design patterns used in WF.
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Foundations: Versioning Workflows
Matthew Milner - May 2009
Developers often struggle with versioning workflows and their related classes. Matt Milner discusses the core issues related to workflow versioning and provides recommendations for making changes to workflow definitions, activities, and workflow services.
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Cloud Computing: Building Distributed Applications With .NET Services
Aaron Skonnard - April 2009
We show you how .NET Services within the Azure Services Platform makes it easy to bring workflow apps to the cloud.
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Foundations: Error Handling In Workflows
Matt Milner - February 2009
Workflows often define long-running processes and an unhandled failure usually means termination. Avoid this scenario by handling exceptions properly.
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First Look: WCF And WF Services In The .NET Framework 4.0 And “Dublin”
Aaron Skonnard - January 2009
We explore some of the key new WCF and WF features in .NET Framework 4.0 as well as the new application server capabilities provided by the “Dublin” extensions.
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ASP.NET Workflow: Web Apps That Support Long-Running Operations
Michael Kennedy - January 2009
Integrating workflow into ASP.NET applications means communicating with activities via a workflow queue and hosting the runtime in the global application class. We’ll show you how.
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Real-World WF: Best Practices For Windows Workflow Foundation Apps
Josh Lane - December 2008
The heart of Windows Workflow Foundation is its declarative programming model. Here are some best practices to consider when using WF to realize software solutions in the real world.
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Foundations: Unit Testing Workflows And Activities
Matt Milner - November 2008
Matt Milner takes a look at some of the challenges and techniques related to testing Windows Workflow Foundation activities, workflows, and associated components.
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Foundations: Workflow Tips and Tricks
Matt Milner - August 2008
Matt Milner addresses reader requests for information about safely sharing a persistence database across applications and using lesser-known parts of the framework such as ChannelManagerService.
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Transactions: Build Scalable Systems That Handle Failure Without Losing Data
Udi Dahan - July 2008
Systems that handle failure without losing data are elusive. Learn how to achieve systems that are both scalable and robust.
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Form Filler: Build Workflows to Capture Data and Create Documents
Rick Spiewak - June 2008
Learn how to create a workflow that uses InfoPath forms and other office documents for passing data to targeted activities and for use in Office documents.
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Foundations: Loading Workflow Models in WF
Matt Milner - May 2008
When building workflows, you must consider the developer experience, available tools, long-term maintenance, and future versioning.
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Talk Back: Voice Response Workflows with Speech Server 2007
Michael Dunn - April 2008
Speech Server 2007 lets you create sophisticated voice-response applications with Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio tool integration. Here’s how.
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WF How-To: Building State Machines with Windows Workflow Foundation
Keith Pijanowski - February 2008
State Machine workflows represent a different way of visualizing program logic. Rather than flowing from activity to activity like sequential workflows, State Machines transition from state to state. Learn about uses for State machines and see how to design and build a State Machine workflow with Windows Workflow Foundation.
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Editor's Note: Take a Deep Breath
Howard Dierking - December 2007
This month Howard Dierking reflects on 2007 and looks forward to exciting possibilities in 2008.
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Editor's Note: Take a Deep Breath
Howard Dierking - December 2007
This month Howard Dierking reflects on 2007 and looks forward to exciting possibilities in 2008.
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Foundations: Workflow Communications
Matt Milner - September 2007
Matt Milner introduces the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) communication architecture and covers sending data out of a workflow and submitting data to running workflow instances.
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Cutting Edge: Transactional Workflows
Dino Esposito - June 2007
When modeling business logic, workflows inevitably represent transactional tasks, so you need to know how to code transactional semantics in the Windows Workflow Foundation.
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Foundations: ActivityExecutionContext in Workflows
Matt Milner - June 2007
This month Matt Milner explains a critical component in the execution, persistence, and compensation of workflows.
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Foundations: Tracking Services in Windows Workflow Foundation
Matt Milner - March 2007
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Windows Workflow: Build Custom Activities To Extend The Reach Of Your Workflows
Matt Milner - December 2006
This article covers the core components required for building custom activities in Windows Workflow Foundation.
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Cutting Edge: A Tour of Windows Workflow Activities
Dino Esposito - November 2006
Windows Workflow Foundation supports virtually any scenario where human opera¬tors are involved. Learn how to use it to tame your workflows.
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Web Service Workflows: Deploy Distributed Business Processes With Windows Workflow And Web Services
Israel Hilerio - October 2006
Due to the distributed nature of a business process it makes sense for a workflow to be deployed as a distributed application. See how Windows Workflow and Web Services hold the key.
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Cutting Edge: Windows Workflow Foundation, Part 2
Dino Esposito - April 2006
In last month's column, I presented a helpdesk workflow sample that focused on Windows® Forms client applications. This month I'll discuss ASP. NET workflow applications and the ability to expose a workflow as a Web service and invoke a Web service from a workflow.
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Cutting Edge: Windows Workflow Foundation
Dino Esposito - March 2006
In the January 2006 issue, Don Box and Dharma Shukla introduced Windows® Workflow Foundation and discussed the overall architecture of the framework and its constituent components (see WinFX Workflow: Simplify Development With The Declarative Model Of Windows Workflow Foundation).
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WinFX Workflow: Simplify Development With The Declarative Model Of Windows Workflow Foundation
Don Box and Dharma Shukla - January 2006
Windows Workflow Foundation allows you to write workflow-based programs in terms of domain-specific activities that are implemented in CLR-based programming languages such as C# and Visual Basic. Here Don Box and Dharma Shukla get you started.
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