Introduction to Activiti

Jeff Potts

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Tom Baeyens

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• Founder  of  Ac.vi.  &  jBPM

• Passionate  about  Java  and  BPM  

Joram Barrez

• Ex-core developer JBoss jBPM

• Core  developer  Ac.vi.  

Agenda

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• What is Activiti? • What is BPMN 2.0? • BPM for business people • BPM for developers • Example / demo

What is Activiti?

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• Apache licensed BPMN 2.0 engine • BPM for business  and  IT  people  

• Process  defini.ons  as  input  • Boxes and arrows • Execution flow

• Manages executions • Execute automatic steps • While waiting,

persist execution state

What is Activiti

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Ac.vi.  Modeler  

Ac.vi.  Cycle  

Ac.vi.  Explorer  

Ac.vi.  Probe  

Ac.vi.  Designer  

REST  interface  

iPhone  Explorer  

Ac.vi.    Engine  

Android  Explorer  

Java  Applica.ons  

What is Activiti

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Ac.vi.  Modeler  

Ac.vi.  Cycle  

Ac.vi.  Explorer  

Ac.vi.  Probe  

Ac.vi.  Designer  

REST  interface  

iPhone  Explorer  

Ac.vi.    Engine  

Android  Explorer  

Java  Applica.ons  

BPMN 2.0

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• OMG standard • Shapes • Execution semantics • File format  

• First pure play BPM standard • General endorsement

BPM for business people

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• BPM as a management discipline • BPM as software engineering  

1. Simplify business-IT collaboration

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Software Project

Non-tech Business Analyst Developer

• Java • XML • Buildscripts • Tests • …

Tomcat JDK 5 JBoss …

Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Activiti Your App

Analyst

Developer

Requirements

1. Simplify business-IT collaboration

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• Abstract business process • Drawing • No technical details

• Executable business process • Drawing • Technical details • Executable on a BPM System  

1. Simplify business-IT collaboration

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Analyst Business

Intelligence

Process Collaboration

Developer

Sys admin

Developer

Developer Deploy

1. Simplify business-IT collaboration

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Developer

Analyst

Developer Developer

Sys admin

 Shared  network  drive     Doc  mgmt  system   Abstract  process  models  

 Doc  mgmt  system   Abstract  process  models   JIRA   SVN   Maven  repo  

 Doc  mgmt  system   Maven  repo   DB  instances   Tomcat  instances   Ac.vi.  instances  

1. Simplify business-IT collaboration

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• Unified concept of repositories and artifacts • Repository

• Tree structure • Containing artifacts

• Artifacts • Different types • Links to other artifacts • Links to people

1. Simplify business-IT collaboration

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•  Network drive • Word docs, PDFs, Screenshots

•  Signavio  model  repository  •  BPMN process models  

•  Jira •  Issues

•  SVN (code, projects) •  Java code •  Executable process models •  Rules •  Forms

• Maven  repo  (deployable  ar.facts)  •  Jar, War, Ear files

•  Tomcat instances •  DB instances •  Activiti instances

Analyst

Developer Sys admin

Developer

Developer

BPM for developers

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• Embeds in • Your database • Your transaction • Your domain model • Your Spring  configura.on  

Software Project

Tomcat JDK 5 JBoss …

Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Activiti Your App

Simple

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• Activiti Engine is “just” a jar file • Power to the developer •  Intuitive API  • Activiti tables next to your app’s tables  • Transaction integration • Spring integration • Great docs and examples • Spec 500 pages vs simple user guide

Community

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• Alfresco • Apache licensed jBPM replacement

• SpringSource • Signavio • Camunda • MuleSoft • Next Level Integration • Mimacom • Tijs Rademakers & Co (Eclipse designer plugin) • Yuri Horbach (iPhone / iPad) • Lim Chee Kin (Grails plugin) • And growing

Activiti Eclipse designer

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•  Initiative started by Tijs, Ron, Yvo and Tiese • Activiti extension support, BPMN 2.0 validation,

hierarchical modeling

Demo!