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Use BPM/BPMN? (Business process modelling) Not answering you question directly, but it’s a way of doing something similar. A whole set of enterprise tools do

Use BPM/BPMN? (Business process modelling) Not answering you question directly, but it’s a way of doing something similar. A whole set of enterprise tools do things like this, and I’ve worked a bit with bpm workflow engines that kind of does this in a standardized way. > BPMN models are expressed by simple diagrams constructed from a limited set of graphical elements. For both business users and developers, they simplify understanding of business activities' flow and process. BPMN's four basic element categories are: - Flow objects: Events, activities, gateways - Connecting objects: Sequence flow, message flow, association - Swim lanes: Pool, lane - Artifacts: Data object, group, annotation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Process_Model_and_Notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Process_Model_and_Not... You can use web tools to draw processes and, execute them on a compliant engine: https://demo.bpmn.io/ https://demo.bpmn.io/ Camunda comes to mind, as an open source alternative, but if nodejs is your thing there a a couple of BPM engines in the works, eg: https://github.com/paed01/bpmn-engine https://github.com/paed01/bpmn-engine As with anything graphical based - if it doesn't fit the purpose exactly, it will become a pain in the end.

holoduke 7y ago
I remember I had to do one project at my university. I hated it. I still wonder if there is a successful product out there which I made through bpm. I doubt it.
- jordanbeiber 7y ago
  Same here, actually... well, not uni, but as a consultant and employee. It’s “ok” if you own the whole lot, but I have yet to see a hand-over in an enterprise setting work out well, and bring speed and agility. In many ways, for an enterprise, json and web api’s is a good enough abstraction to work with the machines. Tangential to this - Netflix made Conductor as a kind of in-house workflow engine, and uber built Cadence, if you want more codified control. Wheels keep getting re-invented! :)

holoduke 7y ago

I remember I had to do one project at my university. I hated it. I still wonder if there is a successful product out there which I made through bpm. I doubt it.

jordanbeiber 7y ago
Same here, actually... well, not uni, but as a consultant and employee. It’s “ok” if you own the whole lot, but I have yet to see a hand-over in an enterprise setting work out well, and bring speed and agility. In many ways, for an enterprise, json and web api’s is a good enough abstraction to work with the machines. Tangential to this - Netflix made Conductor as a kind of in-house workflow engine, and uber built Cadence, if you want more codified control. Wheels keep getting re-invented! :)