Stan Spilman - An Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

Intended Audience:
Software developers with some prior experience with .NET.

Description:
As developers we often find ourselves developing applications supporting business processes. In so doing we rely on people to initiate the process, approve documents the process uses, resolve situations that arise, and more. It is often possible to specify a discrete series of steps. Each step most likely is a result from breaking down a problem into manageable parts. These parts are known as activities. Activities together with steps are ingredients to workflow.
Microsoft offers a strong framework to help the developer spend more time solving real business problems and less time building a workflow. While building activities for Workflow are encourage Microsoft offers many activities out of the box.

     " Now is the time to explore the power of .NET 3.0 and Windows Workflow. "

Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine, and tools for quickly building workflow-enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a Microsoft NetFX namespace (System.Workflow), an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. You can read more about scenarios for which Windows Workflow Foundation is suited and an introduction to the technology on the Workflow MSDN DevCenter here.

Presenter:
Stan Spilman
Stan Spilman is Chief Architect of Spilman Software Design, Inc.  At Spilman Software Design, Stan provides mentoring, training, and consulting services focusing on .NET technologies.
      He is an active member of Denver Visual Studio User Group and Boulder .NET User Group. Stan took an interest in Workflow while in beta and took over a project started at one of his customer site. He refactored his code with every Workflow beta released and then the finale release. After many years of development he doesn't stand on just one way to write code but is open to search for the best solution. Some certifications he holds are Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD).
MCP, MCT, MCAD, MCSD

Topics:
Windows Workflow Foundation

Links:
Spilman Software Design
Workflow MSDN DevCenter

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Presenter:
Jeff Certain is a Microsoft MVP (VB .NET) and is a software team lead at EDM
International. As such, he is primarily involved in data-centric
applications, be they web apps, Windows apps or mobile (PDA) apps. Jeff has
been using VB .NET since it's initial release in 2001.