.NET: Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

Course Overview

Our hands-on Windows Workflow Foundation training course has been developed for real-world, commercial scenarios by our expert instructors. See below for detailed syllabus.

Audience

Our hands-on WF training course is suitable for .NET, BizTalk and SharePoint professionals who need to understand how Workflow can be implemented within the project lifecycle.

Prerequisites

Strong experience of developing applications within the .NET Framework, (ideally with of version 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005) and creating .NET Windows Applications.

Windows Workflow Foundation is the new technology for defining, executing and managing workflows.

Windows Workflow Foundation also includes Visual Studio 2005 extensions to facilitate design and debugging of workflows.

Course Outline

Overview of WF

• WF Architecture
• Why and When to use WF

Authoring Workflows

• Code
• Xaml
• Sequential Workflows Intro
• State Machine Workflows Intro

Base Activity Library

• Run through the activities
• Exploring activities

Creating Sequential Workflows

• SequenceActivity
• Nesting Sequences
• LifeTime Events
• Parameters
• Raising events and Invoking methods
• Faults

Event Driven Workflow (State Machine)

• Overview
• State Activities
• Inspecting
• Tracking

Custom Activities

• Motivation
• Composition method
• Derivation method

Workflow Hosting

• The WF Runtime
• Scheduling
• Persistence
• Tracking
• Designer Hosting

Communication

• Correlation Parameters
• Role-Based Authorization
• Workflow Queues
• Web Service Communication

Rules & Conditions

• Code Conditions
• Rule Conditions
• The Conditioned Activity Group
• Policy Activity
• Rules Engine Tracing and Tracking

Adaptive Workflow

• Dynamic Updates

.NET: Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) / NET0120