diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/building-blocks/workflow/workflow-overview.md b/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/building-blocks/workflow/workflow-overview.md index 5eb80ac90..f0424691a 100644 --- a/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/building-blocks/workflow/workflow-overview.md +++ b/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/building-blocks/workflow/workflow-overview.md @@ -21,55 +21,6 @@ The workflow feature is comprised of the Workflow API and the workflow component --- - -## Features - -The workflow API brings several core features executed by the Dapr sidecar: - -### Combine Dapr APIs -- Workflows allows users to combine Dapr APIs together in scheduled tasks -- Workflows compatible with pubsub, state store, bindings -- Can send/respond to external signals, including pub/sub events and bindings (input or output - -### Scheduled Delays and restarts -- Scheduling reminder-like durable delays, which could be for minutes, days, or even years. -- Restarting workflows by truncating their history logs and potentially resetting the input, which can be used to create eternal workflows that never end. - -### Sub-workflows -- Define subworkflow -- Executing multiple sub workflows in sequence or in parallel. - -### Author workflows as code -Dapr workflow logic is implamented using general purpose programming languages, allowing you to: - -- Use your preferred programming language (no need to learn a new DSL or YAML schema) -- Have access to the language’s standard libraries -- Build your own libraries and abstractions -- Use debuggers and examine local variables -- Write unit tests for your workflows, just like any other part of your application logic - -### Declarative workflows support -Dapr provides an experience for declarative workflows as a layer on top of the "workflow as code" foundation, supporting a variety of declarative workflows, including: -- The AWS Step Functions workflow syntax -- The Azure Logic Apps workflow syntax -- The Google Cloud workflow syntax -- The CNCF Serverless workflow specification - -#### Hosting serverless workflows -You can use the Dapr SDKs to build a new, portable SLWF runtime that leverages the Dapr sidecar. Usually, you can implement the runtime as a reusable container image that supports loading workflow definition files from Dapr state stores. - -The Dapr sidecar doesn’t load any workflow definitions. Rather, the sidecar simply drives the execution of the workflows, leaving all other details to the application layer. - - -*NEED MORE CLARIFICATION ON THESE FEATURES* -- Saving custom state values to Dapr state stores -- “Activity” callbacks that execute non-orchestration logic locally inside the workflow pod. - - - - - - ## Try out the workflow API