Pro WF Windows Workflow in .NET 3.0 [Paperback]

Windows Workflow Foundation is part of a bundle of new products that update .NET 2.0 into .NET 3.0. This book is one of the first to cover this important addition to .NET, and aims to provide the reader with a solid grounding in how workflows are implemented, executed, maintained and customized. By comprehensively covering WF from setup through implementation to customization readers are given a one stop grounding in the subject. Given the importance of this technology release, the fact that WF is a free add-on, and the books broad appeal, it will be useful to almost all existing or migrating .NET 2.0 developers.

This book covers WF from setup through implementation to customization. It provides a one stop grounding in the subject. The book is one of the first to cover this important addition to .NET. It will be useful to almost all existing or migrating .NET 2.0 developers.

I started working with the new Microsoft WinFX technology stack early in the beta and CTP (Community Technology Preview) stage. The foundations in WinFX (Windows Presentation, Windows Communication, and Windows Workflow) have now finally made their way into a shipping Microsoft product: .NET 3.0. I actually started to learn and use all three of these foundations at the same time in my day job. Talk about a massive learning curve. While I was impressed with the flexibility and capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation, I was somehow inexplicably drawn to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). WF isnt just a new way to implement a user interface, or a new way to communicate between applications and services. WF represents a completely new way to develop applications. It is declarative, visual, and infinitely flexible. It promotes a model that cleanly separates what to do from when to do it. This separation allows you to change the workflow model (the when) without affecting the what. Business logic is implemented as a lÃ