Activiti in Action: Executable Business Processes in Bpmn 2.0

Summary

Activiti in Action is a comprehensive tutorial designed to introduce developers to the world of business process modeling using Activiti. Before diving into the nuts and bolts of Activiti, this book presents a solid introduction to BPMN 2.0 from a developer's perspective. About the Technology

Activiti streamlines the implemention of your business processes: with Activiti Designer you draw your business process using BPMN. Its XML output goes to the Activiti Engine which then creates the web forms and performs the communications that implement your process. It's as simple as that. Activiti is lightweight, integrates seamlessly with standard frameworks, and includes easy-to-use design and management tools. About the Book

Activiti in Action introduces developers to business process modeling with Activiti. You'll start by exploring BPMN 2.0 from a developer's perspective. Then, you'll quickly move to examples that show you how to implement processes with Activiti. You'll dive into key areas of process modeling, including workflow, ESB usage, process monitoring, event handling, business rule engines, and document management integration.

Written for business application developers. Familiarity with Java and BPMN is helpful but not required.

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside

• Activiti from the ground up
• Dozens of real-world examples
• Integrate with standard Java tooling

PART 1 INTRODUCING BPMN 2.0 AND ACTIVITI

1. Introducing the Activiti framework
2. BPMN 2.0: what's in it for developers?
3. Introducing the Activiti tool stack
4. Working with the Activiti process engine

PART 2 IMPLEMENTING BPMN 2.0 PROCESSES WITH ACTIVITI

5. Implementing a BPMN 2.0 process


6. Applying advanced BPMN 2.0 and extensions


7. Dealing with error handling


8. Deploying and configuring the Activiti Engine


9. Exploring additional Activiti modules



PART 3 ENHANCING BPMN 2.0 PROCESSES

10. Implementing advanced workflow


11. Integrating services with a BPMN 2.0 process


12. Ruling the business rule engine


13. Document management using Alfresco


14. Business monitoring and Activiti



PART 4 MANAGING BPMN 2.0 PROCESSES

15. Managing the Activiti Engine

Activiti, an open source process engine, uses Business Process Model and Notation to provide a standard way to capture business processes and to convert those models into executable code. It's lightweight and integrates seamlessly with standard application software such as Spring. Also included is a set of design and management tools that even helps developers who have never used a process engine get productive quickly.

Activiti in Action is a comprehensive tutorial designed to introduce developers to the world of business process modeling using Activiti. This book presents a solid introduction to BPMN 2.0 and quickly moves to real-world examples that show how to implement BPMN processes with Activiti. Key topics are explored, including workflow, ESB usage, process monitoring, event handling, business rule engines, and document management integration.

Tijs Rademakers is a senior software architect at Atos Origin with a focus on open source Java development and BPM. He is an Activiti committer for the Activiti BPMN designer. Tijs is the author of the book Open Source ESBs in Action and is a frequent speaker on Java conferences.