Teach Yourself Windows Workflow Foundation In 24 Hours (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
597
Utgivningsdatum
2009-01-15
Upplaga
1
Förlag
SAMS
Illustrationer
illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 175 x 36 mm
Vikt
931 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780321486998

Teach Yourself Windows Workflow Foundation In 24 Hours

av Robert Eisenberg
Häftad,  Engelska, 2009-01-15

Slutsåld

In just 24 sessions of about an hour, youll learn how to build robust, efficient business workflows with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds the real-world foundation you need to succeed with WF from the ground up.

Filled with hands-on code examples, this book walks you through creating every type of workflow supported by .NET 3.5s powerful new version of WF. One step at a time, youll discover how to host workflows, manage workflow lifecycles, integrate with Web services and WCF applications, create custom activities, and moreeverything youll need to solve real-world problems with WF!

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common WF questions, issues, and tasks.

Q&As help you build and test your knowledge.

Notes point out shortcuts, solutions, and potential problems to avoid.

New terms are clearly defined and explained.

Learn how to...
  • Understand the value of workflows and their role in general .NET and advanced business process management systems
  • Run workflows from and exchange data with .NET applications
  • Create sequential, state-machine, and data-driven workflows
  • Define multi-level approval workflows that execute in parallel and escalate
  • Develop rulesets and manage them from SQL databases
  • Track your workflows to make them more agile and governable
  • Use Dynamic Update to change running workflows
  • Work with exceptions, compensation, and transactions
  • Expose workflows as Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services and call Web services from workflows via WCF
  • Expose workflows as Web services and call Web services from workflows
  • Create basic, queued, event-driven, and composite custom activities
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Robert is currently an analyst and consultant specializing in BizTalk Server 2004, service-oriented architecture, BPM, .NET, Web services, and EAI. He writes articles for major trade publications and speaks regularly at industry events about service-oriented architecture, BizTalk Server, and .NET. Robert is a Microsoft BizTalk Server MVP and a C# Web Services MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional.) He is a co-author of Professional ASP.NET Web Services, 1861005458, 11/01. He lives in the San Francisco area.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction     1

Book Target Audience     2

How This Book Is Organized     2

Hour Summary     3

 

Part I The Basics

HOUR 1 Understanding Windows Workflow Foundation     9

Describing Workflow and Workflow Systems     9

A Conceptual Description of Workflow     9

A Sample Expense Report Workflow     10

Workflow Segmentations     12

What Is a Business Process Management System?      13

.NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5     13

Overview of WF     14

Standard Modeling Activities     16

Multiple Workflow Styles     19

Hosting     23

Tracking     24

Rule Capabilities     26

Conditional Rules     26

RuleSets     27

Custom Activities     29

Reason for Custom Activities     29

Types of Custom Activities     30

XAML Workflows and Serialization     33

Dynamic Update     34

WF and WCF     36

WF and WCF: Conceptual Overview     36

WF and WCF: Integration Specifics     37

SharePoint Workflow     38

SharePoint Workflow Overview     38

SharePoint Workflow Visual Studio     40

SharePoint Workflow SharePoint Designer     40

Designer Rehosting and External Modeling     41

Summary     43

Installation Instructions     44

Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 3.0 Installation Directions     44

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Installation Requirements/Directions     45

 

HOUR 2 A Spin Around Windows Workflow Foundation     47

Creating a Basic Workflow     47

Creating a Workflow Project     47

Building and Running a Workflow     49

Enhancing the Workflow     53

Improving Workflow Transparency     57

Passing Parameters to the Workflow     58

Using Declarative Rules     60

Adding New Activities     60

Creating the Declarative Rule     61

Examining the Project Files     63

Creating a XAML + Code Workflow  &...

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