Windows Workflow Foundation Programming

This topic applies to Windows Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4).

This section contains a set of primer topics that you should understand to become a proficient Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) programmer.

In This Section

• Designing Workflows
  Topics that describe the flow-control paradigms used in workflow development.

• Using and Creating Activities
  Topics that describes the system-provided activities available in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).

• Windows Workflow Foundation Data Model
  Topics that describe variables, arguments and expressions in WF.

• Waiting for Input in a Workflow
  Topics that describes how to use bookmarks and messaging activities.

• Exceptions, Transactions, and Compensation
  Topics that describe how to use exception handlers, transactions, and compensation to handle run-time errors.

• Hosting Workflows
  Topics that describe the details for writing workflow host applications.

• Workflow Services
  Topics that describe the programming model that supports writing services declaratively.

• Workflow Persistence
  Topics that describe the options for automatically or manually persisting workflow data and unloading workflows from memory.

• Migrating Workflows
  Topics that describe how to migrate workflows from previous versions of Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).

• Workflow Tracking and Tracing
  Topics that describe workflow tracking and tracing and how these features are used for monitoring workflow applications.

• Workflow Security
  Discusses how to keep your workflow secure when using SQL and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

• Windows Workflow Foundation 4 Performance
  Discusses Windows Workflow Foundation 4 performance and compares it to the previous version of WF.

Build Date: 2012-03-02