In the latest release of Warewolf, we have added a set of SharePoint integration tools SharePoint 2013 tools, which you can use to work directly with lists in both SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint online. Keeping with our tradition, we have focused on making the tools easy to use. The learning curve […]
Build a microservice based API in just 45 seconds
This blog post is in response to Richard Mendis’ post on Infoworld in July 21st 2015 called “Build an API for microservices in 5 minutes”. The Article describes AnyPresence’s JustAPIs , which is a great product. We were a little amused by the article because we know how fast we […]
Full support for Windows 8.1, at last!
Wait, what? Did you say Windows 8.1? Yes! Earlier this year we wrote about why we don’t support Windows 8 (yet). As you will recall, we also made a promise that the wait would be worth it… and it is. We’ve actually got so many awesome new things in this […]
Warewolf supports Swagger and APIs.json
As part of our continued support to open source and open standards we have recently implemented both the APIs.json (for discovery) and Swagger v2.0 (for API definition and metadata). This brings with it many advantages for anyone using Warewolf that wishes to have their services discovered automatically or give a […]
Testing stored procedures using Warewolf
Working with databases can be very time consuming and a bit complicated for beginners. Unfortunately this cannot be avoided – as well all know, databases are a critical part of every business. Databases are useful for simple things like keeping track of client information right up to higher levels of […]
How to create a custom Infragistics EditableColumn
When I started using Infragistics, I found that there is a lot a developer can do with it, but it also has its limitation. The basics are pretty straight forward and you can do more than you know once you get to understand the concept behind it. Using it for […]
Describing workflows in a multitude of textual formats
The novelty has never worn out for me. Being able to create something that a computer can quasi-understand, execute it and do meaningful work… It simply remains magical, and encouraging people to experience the thrill of programming to me is a noble cause. Simply put, it is liberating. In a […]
The Warewolf domain specific language: simple but powerful
Warewolf was designed to allow developers to rapidly prototype complex systems using a simple flow-based programming paradigm. Applications built using flow-based languages are self-documenting and easily understood by both developers and other stakeholders. Traditionally, most other flow-based languages have been adequate for creating simple systems but cumbersome and inadequate when […]
Extending Warewolf using DLLs
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” […]