Visual Studio 2008: Windows Workflow Foundation (MOC 6462)

Course overview

This 2-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) solution.

Prerequisites

• Students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200

Audience

• This course is intended for application developers who know how to create applications in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. The course does not require previous experience creating workflow-based solutions

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Benefits to you

• 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

Course outline

Module 1: Creating and Hosting Workflows

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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