A practical developer's road map to working with Windows WF, from compilation to the base activity library to runtime services. This work takes you through the important topics of Windows WF development with explanations and practical example code.
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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA C# developer s guide to the features and programming interfaces of Windows Workflow Foundation\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eKey Features\u003c/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAdd event-driven workflow capabilities to your .NET applications.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHighlights the libraries, services and internals programmers need to know\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBuilds a practical \"bug reporting\" workflow solution example app\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBook Description\u003c/h4\u003eWindows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a technology for defining, executing, and managing workflows. It is part of the .NET Framework 3.0 and will be available natively in the Windows Vista operating system.\nWindows Workflow Foundation might be the most significant piece of middleware to arrive on the Windows platform since COM+ and the Distributed Transaction Coordinator. The difference is, not every application needs a distributed transaction, but nearly every application does have a workflow encoded inside it.\nIn this book, K Scott Allen, author of renowned .NET articles at www.odetocode.com, provides you with all the information needed to develop successful products with Windows Workflow.\nFrom the basics of how Windows Workflow can solve the difficult problems inherent in workflow solutions, through authoring workflows in code, learning about the base activity library in Windows Workflow and the different types of workflow provided, and on to building event-driven workflows using state machines, workflow communications, and finally rules and conditions in Windows Workflow, this book will give you the in-depth information you need. Throughout the book, an example \"bug reporting\" workflow system is developed, showcasing the technology and techniques used.\u003ch4\u003eWhat you will learn\u003c/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCreate an example \"bug reporting\" workflow solution using the techniques and skills gained from each chapter\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUnderstand what Windows WF is, and what it can do for you\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLearn about the runtime services available in Windows WF\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAuthor workflows with C#, and with XAML, the extensible application markup language\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUse the workflow compiler to better understand how WF uses code generation to produce classes from workflow markup\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCombine generated workflow code with our hand-written code to produce a workflow type\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLearn about the events fired by the workflow runtime during the life of a workflow instance\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBuild workflows that accept parameters and communicate with a host process by invoking methods and listening for events\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLearn about each activity in the Windows WF base activity library; the control flow activities, communication activities, and transaction-oriented activities\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLearn about web service activities, rule-centric activities, and state activities\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCreating custom activities using both a compositional approach and a derivation approach\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMaster the execution context, a vital ingredient for creating any robust activity\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLearn about the workflow runtime, workflow diagnostics, and the out-of-the-box services provided for WF by Microsoft.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUsing scheduling services, persistence services, and tracking services\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSelect and configure the services needed for a wide variety of scenarios and environments\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUse local services for communication with a host process, and web service activities for communication across a network\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUncover the queuing service used behind the scenes of a workflow to coordinate and deliver messages\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCreate rules and conditions in Windows Workflow Foundation\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the role of business rules in software development and see examples of how Windows WF s rules engine can take away some of the burden of rule development\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWho this book is for\u003c/h4\u003eThis book is for .NET developers who want to enhance their applications with flexible workflow capabilities using Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation. The author assumes that you have read other texts on the overall architecture of WF and on WF application design strategies, and instead focuses on real-work implementation issues for C# developers.
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