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  • On the Road Again

    With apologies to Wille Nelson, I will be on the road again for INETA. Monday night will be a brand new area and talk for me on WF. With the increasing use of it in my architecture for the next phase at work, I have developed quite a love affair with WF. 12/11/06 Cedar Rapids INETA - Introduction to Windows Workflow (WF) NEW Talk!! Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation - Presented By Sam Gentile Until recently, Windows developers who wished to use Workflow in their applications were forced to look at a variety of "big gun" solutions such as BizTalk Server and K2 among others. Windows Workflow (WF) is part of the recently released Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. WF provides one common workflow foundation for all of Windows. In this talk, Sam will provide an introduction to Windows Workflow showing how the Runtime works in running Activities that you can create yourself. In addition, Sam will cover using the Graphical Designer to edit Workflows and how to host the Designer in your own applications. Sam Gentile is internationally known and recognized for his comprehensive expert Microsoft and .NET knowledge, and has been acknowledged by Microsoft as an Solutions Architect MVP. Sam is also an INETA Speaker, having delivered .NET training to user groups and companies all over the world. Sam is employed by a major international firm as an Agile Software Architect and Team Lead. His team utilizes full Agile practices as well as WinFX technologies like WCF, and .NET 3 to rapidly deliver business value. Sam Gentile's experience with .NET began in 1999 during the early pre-Beta 1 period. He participated in the .NET Early Adopter Program (EAP) while architecting and implementing a .NET N-Tier product for NaviSite in 2000. During his nearly six years of .NET experience, Gentile has architected, developed and delivered over ten major .NET-based products or systems, one of which, the Groove Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET, won a JOLT award. Location: Baymont Inn & Read More...
  • Two Types of Service Architects?

    I was goinng to respond to Harry's responses made to Tomas and mine, but Tomas already responded and said everything I would have said: I agree with Tomas that I consider Service Broker a good match for applications with code only in the database, even though it supports more than code completly in the database (I made improper wording in my post indicating it did not) I agree with Tomas that there is a world of difference between "access a database" (99% of apps) vs. database-driven (see Tomas' definition). I said I tend away from these kinds of architectures these days as I see the power of domain-driven architectures (see Nilson). Obviously, there is no one architecture for every kind of problem I also don't get the whole "two types of service architects question" either and that a good architect will choose the right style for the right scenario I'd have to agree with Tomas again what Harry calls "Long running services" are really just a specific case of "Long running processes" and SSSB is too low-level for that. WF and BizTalk get me out of writing that infrastructure that is needed to be built out. But maybe I'm an idiot too and need to get hit with the clue stick as well Technorati Tags: SOA , Service Oriented Architecture , Windows Communication Foundation , Software Architecture , Windows Workflow Foundation , Microsoft Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! Read More...

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