SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action

SharePoint 2010 is a huge technology with tens of thousands of companies adopting it from all across the globe. Within the SharePoint product stack, workflows are one of the most compelling and ROI generating features for many business.

SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action will take you through the SharePoint workflow fundamentals, and all the way to very advanced topics to help you meet your most complex workflow requirements. This includes covering topics such as the out of box workflows, and building custom workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, Office Visio 2010, and Visual Studio 2010.

Additionally, the book covers topics that are very important to workflow such as building forms with InfoPath 2010, building custom task processes, building custom activities and conditions, and how to leverage external data sources in your workflows via Business Connectivity Services. Other goodies include building State Machine workflows, leveraging ASP.NET forms, workflow event handlers, and publishing custom actions and conditions into SharePoint Designer. The book is a one stop shop workflow resource for anyone building workflows for the SharePoint 2010 platform.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction to SharePoint workflows
Chapter 1 SharePoint workflows for your business processes
Chapter 2 Your first workflow

Part 2 No-code SharePoint workflows
Chapter 3 Custom Designer workflows
Chapter 4 Task processing in SharePoint Designer workflows
Chapter 5 Advanced SharePoint Designer workflows
Chapter 6 Custom Visio SharePoint workflows
Chapter 7 Custom form fundamentals

Part 3 Custom-coded SharePoint workflows
Chapter 8 Custom Visual Studio workflows
Chapter 9 Forms in Visual Studio workflows
Chapter 10 Workflows and task processes
Chapter 11 Custom workflow activities and conditions
Chapter 12 A bag of workflow developer tricks