how to develop workflow based applications in asp.net 2.0

[Kausar]

Hello All,

I want to develop a workflow based application in asp.net 2.0.
It includes sequential & parallel activities, notifications, database
interaction, etc.
What are the different ways through which this can be done
keeping all the aspect in the mind like performance, scalibility, etc?


Thanks & Regards
Kausar

 

[Richard Carpenter]

I'll get this discussion started because I am also interested in
learning the best approach to this scenario. I'll address each of the
stated features with my own initial thoughts:

Sequential & Parallel activities:
Session variables? This task would seem to be to be all about managing
application state and position in the processes. Does ASP.Net 2.0
provide some sort of app state management facilities to make this a
relatively painless endeavor?

Notifications:
I'm guessing this would involve server-side processes that could
populate a table with notifications by user. The logged-in user would
then see their notifications displayed in a "notification area" of the
page upon the next post-back operation. This "notification area" might
be designed into a master page, perhaps?

Database interaction:
Seems to me this would be handled in much the same manner as it would
for non-process-flow designs, with perhaps a bit more involved business
logic layer.

Rich