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| Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 (Pro) | 
| Author: Bruce Bukovics
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 23821
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 856
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 1430209755
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.76
EAN: 9781430209751
ASIN: 1430209755
Publication Date: June 23, 2008
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Product Description
Windows Workflow Foundation is a ground?breaking addition to the core of the .NET Framework that allows you to orchestrate human and system interactions as a series of workflows that can be easily mapped, analyzed, adjusted, and implemented. As business problems become more complex, the need for a workflow?based solution has never been more evident. WF provides a simple and consistent way to model and implement complex problems. As a developer, you focus on developing the business logic for individual workflow tasks. The runtime handles the execution of those tasks after they have been composed into a workflow. Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 provides you with the skills you need to incorporate WF in your applications. This book gets you up to speed with Windows Workflow Foundation quickly and comprehensively. The practical aspects of using WF are covered in a lively tutorial style with each workflow concept illustrated in C#. You?ll find detailed coverage of how to customize your workflows and access them in a variety of ways and situations so you can maximize the advantages of this technology. Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 is written by an experienced Windows and .NET developer. Rather than simply duplicating the available references on the subject, author Bruce Bukovics leads you through a series of practical WF topics that enable you to gain immediate experience and learn how to use the technology as you progress through the book. What you?ll learn - WF basics
- Customizing your workflows
- Accessing your workflows in a variety of ways in a variety of situations
- Using WF with web services and ASP.NET
- Integrating WCF and WF
Who is this book for? Developers encountering WF and .NET 3.5 for the first time in their professional lives About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard?won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
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Excellent for starting out with WWF November 7, 2008
Not having every used WF, I have to say that Bukovics makes reading this book a breeze. He covers the aspects of the subject very well. I'm only about 1/4 into the book and I can't find any errata on Apress' website. There are a few examples I need to go through again because I am getting compile errors. However, since I'm actually typing the code straight into the IDE, I may have made some mistakes. I love the fact that all the code is presented in the book and every part of it is explained. I'm confident that thanks to Bukovics, I should have a solid grasp of WF when I'm finished with this book.
Seriously, worth every cent October 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was absolutely fantastic! It was incredibly well written and ALL of the examples worked, without a hitch. As difficult as it is to keep current these days, Bruce has a writing style that is extremely forgiving to the reader who is constantly juggling a few different tech books at once; he is constantly reminding you about things that you have read in chapters that you may have not touched in weeks or even months. I personally like this approach, as it allows me to pick up the book and get back into it as if I'd never put it down.
In addition to his writing style, I'm very thankful of the WorkflowInstanceManager that he created and referenced throughout the book. Even though I feel that it needs more threading support, I have found the manager to be easy to use and easily extendable.
Perhaps the most valuable portion of the book was the workflow designer host that Bruce created in the final chapter. On initial skim, I never really understood how serialized workflows and a workflow designer host could benefit me. But after getting his long (but worth it) code sample up and running, it opened my eyes to many application design possibilities within my organization. The customizable designer is an invaluable tool and has saved me countless hours of R & D time.
Thanks Bruce!
Excellent book about Workflow in .Net 3.5 October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After spending more than one year on writing workflows in SharePoint 2007 environment, I am currently working on a project using Workflow in .Net 3.5 and a Window Forms environment. In this project, I have to write my own tracking and persistence services, etc. As you might know, SharePoint takes care of those services for you.
I pick up this book trying to leverage the latest technology development in .Net 3.5. After I read the first 10 chapters, I believe I did the right thing. I am really impressed by Mr. Bukovics's knowledge and insight in workflow. I also believe he is an excellent trainer.
He explains concepts clearly. The examples are simple enough so the readers do not get lost in the details. Also, he solves problems using different approaches, and then evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of those approaches. I really like this kind of methodology. I also like the style of source code printout.
I really enjoy reading the chapters about ReplicatorActivity, Local Services, Event-driven Activities, and Correlation.
In Chapter 3 Activities, the author introduces how to use NUnit to test the Custom Activities, which is very interesting. There are also quite a lot of tips like this in other chapters.
As I said before, his examples are simple enough so the reader can understand the technical feature easily. From another angle, that also means the examples are not fancy enough. To make up for this, you can also buy Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation Step by Step by Kenn Scribner, which has some interesting examples such as ATM, GPS Truck tracking, Leakage Control System. I believe that these two books complement each other.
I rate this book five stars without hesitation!
Exactly the reference I was looking for October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I make my living as a consultant software architect/programmer and usually self-educate on newer technologies through books like this one. I've often found Apress titles to be of great value and this one does not disappoint. In Pro WF, the author takes a logical textbook approach (introducing what you should expect to learn, teaching the material, reviewing what you should have learned) as he guides you from a broad foundational understanding of the workflow framework and components through advanced topics such as persistence, serialization, web services and wcf integration. What makes this book stand out is that the author does a great job of inserting practical tips that highlight nuances of the framework that someone without prior experience would not intrinsically know.
I'm very pleased with this reference. I think you would be too.
No-brainer on this book September 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm somewhat bewildered as to why such an important technology (WF) has produced an astounding dearth of good books on the subject. Thankfully, we have Mr. Bukovics' offering which would be a stand-out even if the book marketplace was full of options.
With this newer version of his book (yes, I did purchase the 3.0 version), we get very important information on (1) the two new additions to WF offered in 3.5 (2) WCF-WF integration and (3) advanced topics on Services. These topics smooth out the rough edges of WF 3.0. Comprehensive discussions of these topics, and others, are not readily available from any other source.
Therefore, this newer version of the book is a must-have; even for those, like myself, who purchased his first version.
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