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Creating a Custom Tasklist for Camunda 8 – Complete Guide (Architecture, APIs, and Best Practices) Camunda 8 provides a Tasklist by default , but in many real-world projects (banking, insurance, ERP, SaaS), companies need a fully customized Tasklist interface . With Camunda 8, this approach is not a workaround , but a recommended and modern architecture that is perfectly aligned with the cloud and microservices. This guide explains: ✔ Why create a custom ✔ Tasklist The Camunda 8 architecture for Human Tasks ✔ The APIs used ✔ The life cycle of a human ✔ task Form management ✔ Best practices and mistakes to avoid ⭐ 1. Why create a custom Tasklist with Camunda 8? You should create a Custom Tasklist UI if you need: ✔ Branding (logo, colors, corporate UX) ✔ Integration into an existing portal (CRM, ERP, HR, Banking) ✔ Dashboards by role (agent, manager, supervisor) ✔ Modern UI (React / Angular / Vue) ✔ Mobile experience / responsive ✔ SSO (Keycloak, Azure AD, Okta) ✔ A...

In Camunda 8 , the workflow engine never directly executes the business logic . All execution is done outside the engine , asynchronously and event driven . To do this, Camunda 8 offers two main mechanisms : 1️⃣ Camunda 8 Connectors (out-of-the-box integrations, low-code) 2️⃣ Camunda 8 Job Workers (custom workers, full code) Both are based on the Zeebe jobs mechanism , but their uses are very different. ⭐ 1. Overview – Camunda 8 Execution Model Camunda 8 is: ✔ Cloud-native ✔ Distributed ✔ 100% Asynchronous ✔ Event-driven 👉 The orchestration-only 👉 engine All logic is executed by external executors ➡️ Connectors and Workers are both: External Scalables Decoupled from the engine Resilient ⭐ 2. What is a Camunda 8 Connector? Connectors are ready-to-use integration components , provided by Camunda. They allow a BPMN process to be connected to external systems without writing code . 🔹 Key features ✔ Low-code / no-code ✔ Configuration via Web Mod...

 💡 Introduction In real-world business workflows, you often need to perform custom operations—like sending emails, invoking APIs, writing to databases, or integrating with external systems. jBPM makes this possible through 🧩 Work Item Handlers (WIHs) — reusable Java components that execute custom logic in your process. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create, register, and use a custom Work Item Handler in jBPM from scratch. 🧠 1️⃣ What is a Work Item Handler? A Work Item Handler is a Java class that executes custom logic when a Service Task in your BPMN process is triggered. Each handler implements the interface: org.kie.api.runtime.process.WorkItemHandler Every Work Item Handler must define two methods: executeWorkItem(WorkItem workItem, WorkItemManager manager) → Executes your logic. abortWorkItem(WorkItem workItem, WorkItemManager manager) → Defines what happens when the work item is canceled. ⚙️ 2️⃣ Create the Custom Handler Class Let’s create ...

 📌Camunda BPM: Streamlining Business Process Automation Introduction In today’s competitive business environment, process efficiency plays a critical role in success. Organizations need reliable tools to automate workflows, optimize business processes, and ensure compliance. This is where Camunda BPM comes in. Camunda is a powerful open-source platform for workflow and decision automation that allows businesses to model, execute, and monitor business processes with ease. What is Camunda BPM? Camunda BPM (Business Process Management) is a lightweight, developer-friendly workflow automation platform built around BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) , CMMN (Case Management Model and Notation) , and DMN (Decision Model and Notation) standards. It is designed to bridge the gap between business users who model processes and developers who implement them. Key Features of Camunda BPM 1. BPMN for Workflow Automation Model business workflows using BPMN 2.0 diagra...

🚀 Understanding jBPM: A Powerful Business Process Management Suite Business processes are the backbone of every organization. They define the steps, sequence, and logic required to achieve business goals. To improve efficiency, transparency, and adaptability, companies often turn to Business Process Management (BPM) tools . One such powerful tool is jBPM . 🔎 What is jBPM? jBPM is a flexible, lightweight, open-source Business Process Management (BPM) Suite , distributed under the Apache License and written in Java. It allows organizations to: Model business processes (using BPMN 2.0 standards). Execute those processes in real-time. Monitor and optimize them throughout their lifecycle. In simpler terms, jBPM bridges the gap between business users and developers by enabling the design of processes that are understandable for business teams and executable by developers . ⚙️ Key Features of jBPM The core of jBPM is a workflow engine written in pure Java that runs in a...