DotNetNuke + Workflow Foundation + Communication Foundation
I've been playing DotNetNuke and do it in a lot of my internal project in BataviaSoft. Last month i've been playing with Workflow Foundation and Communication Foundation. I think the combination of them will be good one. Since DNN is web application framework for me for doing almost all web business case scenario whereas a workflow is something that must exist in ALL industry. Integrating workflow into DNN will provide a solid framework to doing a business scenario. Here, we do our first project using DotNetNuke + Workflow Foundation + Communication Foundation for our client in Netherland.
WF offers a lot of features, for example, we can expose a workflow as a web service. We can combine Workflow with WCF (sometimes named WF+C) and then expose it to client. You got the transparancy when dealing with your business workflow company. Or you can generate WSDL to create proxy object that you can consume from client. Because doing workflow (WF) in web application a little bit different than console or winform application, so something that you have to concern when dealing with WF in web environment is performance. Developers should beware how to create effective workflow and run it from ASP .NET. Long running workflow (or maybe a workflow that produce iteration that never end) will make your web looks like hang. So beware.
Unfortunately, a lot of my scenario is happened in web based with intranet mode, not internet. Since it is in intranet, so bandwidth is not a concern. It's time to combine DotNetNuke with Workflow Foundation and Communication Foundation.
I'm also doing a Workflow Foundation training if you want to know more about it. Last week i did training in PT. Newmont Nusa Tenggara for 5 days about "Practical Workflow Foundation". And if you already have a good skill about one of this stuffs :
- ASP .NET
- DotNetNuke
- Windows Workflow Foundation
- Windows Communication Foundation
Just drop me your resume to agung.riyadi@bataviasoft.com