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07:22, 24 July 2013 ==Overview==
Workflows are a powerful way for adapting {{UBIK}} to any needs. They can be used as a replacement for the traditional way of customizing using code, or simply as an additional option to achieve a desired behavior.
==What is it?==
A workflow is a series of distinct programming steps or phases, where each step is modeled as an Activity. Such activities can be assembled visually into workflows using the [[Workflow Designer]], a design surface that runs within various components of {{UBIK}} Studio.
==When to use?==
This question isn't easily answered. In fact it is completely up to the user to draw the border between coding and workflows, or to draw a border at all, and one would most likely achieve the same results using either technique. However, here are some recommendations that might be helpful in picking the right turn:
===Use coding for...===
* resulting behavior that is quite static and doesn't change a lot over time
* very complex tasks
* tasks where performance and resource consumption is an issue
===Use workflows for...===
* business logic
* dynamic tasks with ever changing parameters, where traceability is an issue
* potentially long running tasks that will require persistence
==See also==
[[Workflow Editor]]
[[Workflow Designer]]
[[Debugger|Code- and Workflow Debugger]]