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Summary: Covers Material Pretty Well
Comment: Very good book - covered the material well. It uses detailed examples and steps all along the way, even showing VS.NET dialogs and what to do in each. I ran into a few issues to figure out on my own when actually implementing real workflows in professional code, but WF just carries a pretty steep learning curve and you have to pay your dues somewhat. No book could ever cover every possible scenario. The workflow manager class sets a good example, but you'll want to build one that's more robust and tailored to you own coding and design styles.
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Summary: Another satisfied customer!
Comment: This is THE nuts and bolts book for Windows WF. The author is very good at communicating his point succinctly making all 684 pages a joy to read for those interested in WF.
All areas of WF are covered in good detail. You learn everything from developing a no-code workflow to developing dynamic workflow and also workflow that communicates with web services and much more. The author starts small, in the first 13 pages you develop a "Hello Workflow" app and he goes over all of the auto-generated code. From there the book takes off.
One thing I really like about this book is that it really does assume you are at least an intermediate developer. You don't have to read 1/2 a page on how to create a new project, he just assumes you know how. I don't know how many times i've read an "intermediate" book that introduces collections by chapter 7 and shows you an animal hierarchy by chapter 12. For once it's nice to read a book cover to cover and just learn the whole time. The pacing in this book is perfect. It's not too hard to grasp any of the concepts as they are being presented yet it's not the type of book where you have to thumb through 1/2 the book because you already know how to declare variables and apply conditional logic.
At the time of this review all reviews have been 5 stars - and for good reason. If you're a developer comfortable with C# but have no knowledge of WF then this is the book for you.
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Summary: Fantastic
Comment: I just wanted to heap on the praise for this book. It is complete, well organized, well-written etc etc. If you're new to WF, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A great book
Comment: This is a well written book that I have read in recent times. If you are .net developer and looking for the nuts of bolts of WF, you need this book. I have read only 3 chapters and already very impressed with the author. The author explains in DETAIL everything about workflow. In fact the author also explains about unit testing a workflow. Great Book!
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Summary: Better than attending a hands on training course
Comment: This is by far the best book in the market on WF for a programmer. If you do its programming exercises it easily replaces a 5-day hands on training course. Now that is a great ROI. The book is very easy to read and understand.
I would recommend the Essential Workflow Foundation by Dharma Shukla as a companion book. This one gives an insight into what .NET 3.0 WF does in the background to make it all happen. Also if you were to try to use WF without Visual Studio, Dharma Shukla book would be the right one to pick as it does not use VS at all.
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