One of the easiest ways to extend Warewolf is through the use of a Dynamic-Link library, or DLL for short. Warewolf can easily load a DLL by using the plugin connector. Warewolf can load DLLs from both the Global Assembly Cache or directly from a UNC path. It can consume […]
Part 3: Testing custom WF activity using SpecFlow for Warewolf
As I mentioned in Part 2 of this series, I would write about how we are using SpecFlow for the Studio rewrite. Although this post does not have anything to do with Windows Workflow Foundation, it is the final part of the “Testing Custom WF Activity using SpecFlow for Warewolf series” […]
MySQL support and 25 X speed improvement in latest release
It’s been two months since our last release but much like the werewolves in folklore, a lot happens in the dead of night and below the surface! Huge speed improvement Our biggest update in this last release is the massive speed improvement we saw. We built our own execution engine […]
Using Warewolf as a local Bamboo build agent
Get the most out of Bamboo builds using Warewolf for free. In my last blog post I went through (on video) the three step process for running the example build on Warewolf. In this post I’ll go through the 14 step process for using Warewolf as a local Bamboo build […]
Warewolf is great for business analysts too
Part of Warewolf’s attraction is the ease of use in designing logic flows. In our experience, a day’s basic training and about a week of using Warewolf is enough to get a user proficient with the product. The good news is that this does not only apply to developers, but […]
Run a build on Warewolf in 3 simple steps
Warewolf can now run builds! Simply deploy the build workflows from the Warewolf Shared Resources Server hosted on http://store.warewolf.io:3142 and run the example build to try it out for yourself. In this video I demonstrate the 3 simple steps to running the example build.
Part 2: Testing custom WF activity using SpecFlow for Warewolf
In a previous blog post we looked at testing custom WF activities using SpecFlow. In this post we will look at using SpecFlow to test the composition of custom activities. So maybe you are asking, why is this important?
Why we don’t support Windows 8 (yet)
We have had a couple people asking us why we don’t support Windows 8 and above. While users on Windows 8 and above can still install and run Warewolf, there are odd exceptions and we don’t recommend it.
Creating a microservice based architecture using Warewolf
Over the last year or so, microservices have become an increasingly popular buzzword in software development, so much that microservice architectures are considered to be the preferred SOA architecture pattern of many experts like Martin Fowler.
Warewolf Studio rewrite update and what’s in the latest release
Studio rewrite update: For those of you who have been keeping up with us on GitHub you’ll see were making some great progress on the Studio rewrite. If you’d like to take a look under the hood get the development branch, but for everything else please use the compiled version on […]