Introduction

As this chapter focuses on basic visual programming tools, it is a good place to have a quick look at how the programming of workflows works.

A workflow is made up of several sections. This chapter's focus will be on the creation of new workflows. We will work with the general, inputs, outputs, schemas, and presentation.

Variables (general, inputs, and outputs)

Each workflow can have variables in three different areas. Variables are called attributes or parameters depending on where they are.

In JavaScript, the naming convention for variables is to start with lowercase and use uppercase when a new word starts, for example, myFirstAttribute, currentVM, and so on. This is what programmers call a camelCase convention. We should use the same convention when programming in Orchestrator.

Variables in the general section

A variable in the General section is called an attribute. An attribute is accessible throughout the whole workflow, but, not outside it. An attribute can have an...