Engineering articles on the Workflow Engine blog
Architectural deep-dives, performance analysis and .NET internals from the Workflow Engine team, written by the engineers who maintain the codebase.
Data API or RPC API, which one your caller needs
When a caller should reach for the Data API and when it needs the RPC API in Workflow Engine NEO, with a decision table you can hand to your team.
Workflow Server Overview
What Workflow Server does out of the box, from the Workflow and Callback APIs to LDAP and OpenID sign-in, Docker deployment, multi-tenancy and plugins.
Workflow Automation Explained
Workflow automation replaces manual operations with automated task execution. The two routes there, a team of IT specialists or a low-code tool, compared.
Speed Up Development by 60% with Low Code
Forrester found that half of organizations adopt low-code for delivery speed above every other reason. What that means for a team shipping software.
How to Implement BPM in Your Company?
Rushing a BPM rollout buys poor adoption and inefficiency. Practical tips on building a BPM system that lasts, and on what deserves your time first.
Workflow features in different industries
How Workflow Engine and Workflow Server are used across industries, written from the questions corporations keep asking us about their own processes.
Workflow Performance
The results of our performance tests of Workflow Engine and Workflow Server, measured under both Windows and Linux, with the numbers we actually got.
Workflow Solutions
The structure of our product family and which one answers which workflow problem, plus what changes for you when the time comes to upgrade a license.
Workflow Engine & Workflow Server Code Quality
Good code does not happen by accident. How we keep Workflow Engine and Workflow Server maintainable, through unit test coverage and static analysis.
Workflow Server as a Microservice Component
Workflow Server is a standalone server that fits a microservice architecture. Its capabilities, its architecture and how you integrate it over HTTP.
Should You Build Your Own Workflow Engine
When you decide to introduce a workflow engine into your IT infrastructure the main question you'll probably have is whether you should build one.
Why Use a Workflow Engine
Do I need a workflow engine, when should I use one, and what are my options? Our answer for anyone weighing process automation for an application.
Test it on your own process
The reading ends where a proof of concept begins. Model one process you already run, with a deadline, an escalation, and a restart in the middle of a wait, then count the code that lives outside the definition.