Camunda for Developers Training Course

BPMN and DMN

• Overview of BPMN and DMN notations (focusing on the most commonly used elements)
• Capabilities of Camunda as a process engine
• Problems to which BPM as a tool is well-suited
• Camunda Modeler and its less obvious features
• Basic concepts related to processes in the Camunda engine
• Process lifecycle, execution, and state verification methods
• BPMN and DMN in detail. How the engine interprets individual notation elements
• Data model, serialization techniques, and variable scope
• Integration with SpringBoot and setting up the Camunda environment
• Camunda API
• Messaging - different types of messages in processes and message correlation
• Timers and their database-based configuration

Data, Errors, and Analysis

• Camunda data schema
• Historical data and access to it
• Incidents and transactionality
• Typical error handling approaches
• Process versioning - capabilities, tools, and strategies
• Exercises in configuring and implementing business process components on individual environments with trainer support
• Debugging through processes and the Camunda engine
• Key interfaces in Camunda
• Unit testing with Camunda
• Camunda Cockpit - overview and application in production error analysis, working with tokens and process variables
• Development and implementation of a sales process, highlighting good practices in process implementation

Camunda Configuration

• Common anti-patterns in process modeling and implementation
• Camunda and production deployments in distributed environments
• Best practices (process modeling and engine management)
• Camunda configuration - embedded vs. standalone
• Engine configuration optimized for large scale, key aspects to consider
• Managing historical data in a relational database
• Custom History Backend and History API - reporting historical events
• Best plugins for Camunda Modeler
• Documentation and knowledge resources