Beginning WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 4.0

ISBN-13: 9781430224853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 500 str.

Mark Collins

Opis

Chapter Outline This book's projects (chapters) are grouped into five sections. In many cases, the same solution is provided in all chapters in that section, with each chapter providing new features to the project from the previous chapter. Section 1: Basic Concepts In the first section, you'll build three simple workflows. In Chapter 1, you'll create a workflow using the workflow designer and some of the basic built-in activities. In Chapter 2, you'll re-create the same workflow in code. This will give you an opportunity early on to see both designer workflows and coded workflows. Both types will be demonstrated throughout the book. In Chapter 3, you'll use the flowchart activity, which provides the ultimate flexibility in designing complex workflows. Section 2: Designing Workflows In the second section, you'll build a workflow that computes the cost of an order. Each chapter will add additional features to the project from the previous chapter. The project in Chapter 4 demonstrates how to pass data into and out of a workflow. In Chapter 5, you'll interactively execute activities based on a collection of objects. Chapter 6 will show you how to handle and throw exceptions. In Chapter 7, you'll explore the two main ways to extend the workflow activities: creating a custom activity and executing the InvokeMethod activity.

Spis treści

1. Building a Simple Workflow
2. Coded Workflows
3. Flowchart Workflow
4. Passing Arguments
5. Replicated Activities
6. Exception Handling
7. Extending the Built-In Activities
8. Send and Receive
9. Communicating with the Host Application
10. Web Services
11. SQL Persistence
12. Custom Extensions
13. Tracking
14. Transactions
15. Transactions with Persistence
16. WorkflowServiceHost
17. Compensation, Confirmation, and Cancellation
18. Collections
19. Interoperability with Workflow 3.5
20. Policy

O autorze

Mark Collins has developed software for more than 25 years, mostly using the Microsoft stack. He has served many roles including development manager, architect, team lead, database administrator, and project manager. He has extensive experience in retail (point-of-sale and inventory) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. Mark currently serves as a senior software engineer for a non-profit organization, providing a custom CRM, mail processing, and fulfillment system.