My First Look At WWF

Tom · Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 1:45 PM · Krehbiel Tech

So out of curiousity I started trying to figure out what "Windows Workflow Foundation" is and why Microsoft thinks we need to re-write all of our applications for it. Here's the introductory paragraph that I found on MSDN:

Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is an extensible framework for developing workflow solutions on the Windows platform. As part of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Workflow Foundation provides both an API and tools for the development and execution of workflow-based applications. Windows Workflow Foundation provides a single, unified model to create end-to-end solutions that span categories of applications, including human workflow and system workflow.

What a bunch of marketing gibberish. What exactly is a "workflow solution?" How is it different from, say, a program? The introduction goes on with the second paragraph:

Windows Workflow Foundation is a broad and general-purpose workflow framework, designed for extensibility from the ground up and at every level. Windows Workflow Foundation-based solutions are made of interconnected components backed up by Microsoft .NET code and running in a host application. Just as you create your Web pages visually in a tailor-made environment, you compose the steps of your specific workflow in a visual designer, and add code behind workflow components to implement rules and define the business process.

Dear God, noooo! It's SSIS all over again!

I think I'll save further WWF exploration for when a pointy-haired boss forces me to use it.

Cross-posted to http://krehbieltech.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-first-look-at-wwf.html

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