Description

Target Audience

Objectives

• Explain Windows Workflow Foundation concepts and features
• Create sequential workflows
• Create state machine workflows
• Modify workflows at run time
• Implement conditional branching in a workflow
• Define and execute rule sets
• Forward chain rules
• Change rules at run time
• Call methods on the host process
• Handle events from the host process
• Consume services from a workflow
• Publish a workflow as a service
• Create a custom activity
• Create a custom composite activity
• Define custom activity layout
• Customize activity serialization
• Create a custom runtime service
• Hydrate and dehydrate workflows
• Monitor workflows
• Track workflows
• Handle faults in a workflow
• Handle cancellations in a workflow
• Create and manage transactions in a workflow
• Create and handle compensations

Prerequisites

Outline

• Module 1: Creating and Hosting Workflows
  • Overview of Windows Workflow Foundation
  • Creating Sequential Workflows
  • Creating State Machine Workflows
  • Modifying Workflows at Runtime
  • Lab: Creating and Hosting Workflows
    • Creating and hosting a simple sequential workflow
    • Passing parameters into a workflow
    • Creating a state machine workflow
    • Hosting the state machine workflow

• Module 2: Applying Conditions and Rules
  • Implementing Flow Control
  • Defining and Executing Rule Sets
  • Forward Chaining of Rules
  • Changing Rules at Run Time
  • Lab: Applying Conditions and Rules
    • Making Decisions
    • Performing Iteration
    • Defining Policies

• Module 3: Communicating with Workflows
  • Calling Methods on the Host Process
  • Handling Events from the Host Process
  • Consuming Services from a Workflow
  • Publishing a Workflow as a Service
  • Lab: Communicating with Workflows
    • Invoking a Method on the Host Process
    • Handling Events from the Host Process
    • Consuming Services from a Workflow
    • Publishing a Workflow as a Service

• Module 4: Creating and Configuring Custom Activities
  • Creating Custom Activities
  • Creating Custom Composite Activities
  • Customizing Activity Serialization
  • Defining Custom Activity Layout
  • Lab: Creating and Configuring Custom Activities
    • Creating a Custom Activity
    • Validating a Custom Activity
    • Developing a Custom Activity Designer
    • Creating a Custom Composite Activity

• Module 5: Creating and Managing Runtime Services
  • Creating a Custom Runtime Service
  • Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
  • Monitoring Workflows
  • Tracking Workflows
  • Lab: Creating and Managing Runtime Services
    • Creating a Custom Runtime Service
    • Hydrating and Dehydrating Workflows
    • Monitoring Workflows
    • Tracking Workflows

• Module 6: Managing Faults, Cancellations, Transactions, and Compensations
  • Handling Faults
  • Handling Cancellations
  • Creating and Managing Transactions
  • Creating and Handling Compensations
  • Lab: Managing Faults, Transactions, and Compensations
    • Handling Faults
    • Implementing Transactional Behavior
    • Implementing Compensation Behavior