How to learn WF4

JeremyJeanson on Mon, 03 May 2010 08:10:22

Hi noncast,

You should begin with the WF4 sample :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=35ec8682-d5fd-4bc3-a51a-d8ad115a8792&displaylang=en

And the sampe documentation :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd483375(v=VS.100).aspx

And the What's new page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489410(v=VS.100).aspx

Maurice de Beijer on Mon, 03 May 2010 08:53:38

Shameless self plug :-)

My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/

Courses I teach: http://www.develop.com/course/windows-workflow-foundation-csharp-4

nonocast on Mon, 03 May 2010 10:34:59

I think WF is more difficult than WCF or WPF.

Steve Danielson on Mon, 03 May 2010 14:41:29

Hi,

Another good place to start is the Getting Started Tutorial. it shows hows to build simple code based and designer based activities, compose the into a workflow, and then host the workflow using WorkflowApplication.

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nonocast on Mon, 03 May 2010 15:12:39

I've read more than 50+ post about WF.I can't connect the WF system with realworld situation,such as warehouse management.

I have download the sample from ms. I hope it will be helpful.

ThanX,everybody.

nonocast on Mon, 03 May 2010 15:20:08

nonocast on Mon, 03 May 2010 15:23:52

Shameless self plug :-)

My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/

Courses I teach: http://www.develop.com/course/windows-workflow-foundation-csharp-4

Andrew_Zhu on Tue, 04 May 2010 07:26:16

Hi,

You can start from here:
Introduction to Workflow 4.0
http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/VS2010/WCFWF/IntroToWF/

To learn more about WF4, read the WF4 document:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489441(v=VS.100).aspx

To learn how to apply WF4 in real applications, check samples:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd483375(v=VS.100).aspx

To get deep into WF4, follow this blog(go with flow):
http://blogs.msdn.com/flow/default.aspx
and this one (matt's blog)
http://blogs.msdn.com/mwinkle/default.aspx

And .NET endpoint:
http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/default.aspx:

If you can read Chinese, I recommend you read through this blog:
http://www.cnblogs.com/foundation/

If you get any problems, this forum is the right place.
Hope these can help you,

Regards