|SWF|_ is a workflow-management service that helps developers build and scale distributed workflows that can have parallel or sequential steps consisting of activities, child workflows or even |LAM|_ tasks.
There are two ways to work with |SWF| using the |sdk-java|, by using the SWF client object, or by using the |jflow|. The |jflow| is more difficult to configure initially, since it makes heavy use of annotations and relies on additional libraries such as AspectJ and the Spring Framework. However, for large or complex projects, you will save coding time by using the |jflow|. For more information, see the |jflow-dg|_.
This section provides examples of programming |SWF| by using the |sdk-java| client directly.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :titlesonly: swf-basics swf-hello swf-lambda-task swf-graceful-shutdown prog-services-swf-register-domain prog-services-swf-list-domains