The workflow Way : Understanding Windows Workflow Foundation

Apprendo ora dal blog dell’amico David Chappell che da poco ha pubblicato un nuovo whitepaper su WF Windows Workflow Foundation alla luce anche delle novità del .NET framework 4.0 e dell’evoluzione nell’application server di Windows (leggi dublin). Di seguito il sommario del documento:

INTRODUCING WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION

  • THE CHALLENGE: WRITING UNIFIED, SCALABLE APPLICATION LOGIC
  • THE SOLUTION: THE WORKFLOW WAY
    • Creating Unified Application Logic
    • Providing Scalability
  • OTHER BENEFITS OF THE WORKFLOW WAY
    • Coordinating Parallel Work
    • Providing Automatic Tracking
    • Creating Reusable Custom Activities
    • Making Processes Visible
  • USING WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION: SOME SCENARIOS
    • CREATING A WORKFLOW SERVICE
    • RUNNING A WORKFLOW SERVICE WITH “DUBLIN”
    • USING A WORKFLOW SERVICE IN AN ASP.NET APPLICATION
    • USING WORKFLOWS IN CLIENT APPLICATIONS
  • A CLOSER LOOK: THE TECHNOLOGY OF WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION
    • KINDS OF WORKFLOWS
    • THE BASE ACTIVITY LIBRARY
    • WORKFLOW IN THE .NET FRAMEWORK 4

Inutile dire che David è un’autorità sia nell’ambito tecnologico che in quello comunicativo !!

buona lettura…

--Mario