On this episode of the Camunda Community Podcast, we dive into Camunda Optimize and how it helps visualize the value of process orchestration and automation and unlock continuous process improvement with Senior Product Manager Tobias Conz and Developer Advocate Samantha Holstine. The two even discuss how using Camunda Optimize daily is like training to earn a black belt in karate. Listen to learn: What is Camunda Optimize?How developers can use Camunda Optimize to build, monitor, an...

On this episode of the Camunda Community Podcast, we explore the Camunda Forum with two of its all-stars: Jean Robert Alves of AgiBank and Thomas Heinrichs from Miragon. Camunda Senior Technical Community Builder Mia Moore joins Jean Robert and Thomas in this deep dive into the Camunda Forum, what makes it such a special place to connect with other Camunda users, and why they keep returning. Although the two have had very different user journeys and interests, Jean Robert and Thomas are ...

On this episode of the Camunda Community Podcast, we discuss the dynamic scaling of Zeebe clusters. Host and Senior Developer Advocate Niall Deehan is joined by Senior Software Engineer Backend, Deepthi Akkoorath to learn more about this new feature and how it came to be, including the technical challenges we overcame and decisions we made, as well as what’s next for scaling Zeebe. Zeebe, the cloud-native workflow and decision engine that powers Camunda 8, has many next-generation capabi...

On this episode of the Camunda Community Podcast we are celebrating 10 years of bpmn.io–can you believe it?–with host and Senior Developer Advocate Niall Deehan and special guest Nico Rehwaldt, the creator of bpmn.io and principal engineer here at Camunda. Today, bpmn.io has a vibrant community of active users and contributors, has gone beyond Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), and is used throughout almost every front end Camunda product. But this was not always the case.&...

Developer-friendliness is at our core and developer-friendly process orchestration is our passion. We believe pro-code concepts are absolutely essential to addressing the complexity of real-world automation. That is why we are combining pro-code capabilities with the ability to encapsulate code into reusable modules that we call “low-code accelerators.” These shortcuts are meant to benefit both technical and non-technical users. In this episode, we will follow along the journey of one ci...

When planning a migration to Camunda Platform 8, there are three main aspects to consider: model migration, business logic migration, and data migration. In the first of our two-part series, we covered migrating models and business logic (Catch up on Part 1 here). Now, we are exploring the final pillar–data migration–as well as the benefits of migrating to Camunda 8. Listen as Senior Developer Advocate Niall Deehan, Senior Consultant Manuel (aka Manu) Dittmar, and Consultant Jonath...

Since we introduced Camunda Platform 8, migration has been a hot topic among Camundi and users. For us, this is an ongoing topic that continues to evolve as we receive feedback from our community and customers, and as new technologies emerge. On this episode of the Camunda Community Podcast, Senior Developer Advocate Niall Deehan chats with Senior Consultant Manuel (aka Manu) Dittmar and Consultant Jonathan Lukas about the three main pillars of migrating to Camunda Platform 8 from Camund...

Connectors are reusable building blocks that can communicate with any system or technology, providing unlimited flexibility and reducing the time it takes to automate and orchestrate business processes. Ever since we introduced Connectors with Camunda Platform 8, excitement has been growing and we’ve added more and more of them to meet the ever-increasing number of use cases. In this episode, Senior Technical Community Builder Mia Moore chats with Bastian Korber, senior product manager f...

Earlier this year, Camunda Platform 8 was launched as the universal process orchestrator. In this month’s episode, I talk with Bernd Ruecker, co-founder and chief technologist of Camunda, about migrating to Camunda 8 from Camunda 7. We cover when it makes sense to do it, how to do it, and what to do if you can’t do it right now.Whether you have a production system running on Camunda 7, are currently developing a system on Camunda 7, or are evaluating which major version to use for your ...

When Camunda Platform 8 launched earlier this year, we announced connectors. This month, I talk with Principal Software Engineer Nico Rehwaldt about connectors–what they are, how they relate to process modeling, and how you can get started. Nico also shares how connectors are really designed for "the future me" and even makes the bold claim connectors in C8 are reusable behaviors done right, incorporating learnings and feedback from Camunda Platform 7 element templates and keeping developers ...

In this episode, we catch up with Nico Rehwaldt, the leader of the BPMN.io project. We talk about his views on the history of the project, how open source it is, what's included (DMN.js, BPMN.js, Forms.js), what's new in the project, and the weirdest places that Nico has seen them being used.---Visit our website.Connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky. Check out our videos on YouTube. Tweet with us. ---Camunda enables organizations to orchestrate processes...

This month, we look at the top eight questions about Camunda Platform 8 - as determined by the super-scientific rule of thumb of what people ask about in Meetups and on the Forum and Slack.A number of these questions were discussed in a panel discussion at a US Camunda User Group Meetup with consultants from NTConsult. If you want to watch that, you can view a recording on Youtube.Here are the top eight questions covered in this episode:1. Camunda 8 relies on a remote engine paradigm instead ...

Robot Framework is an open source framework for automation used for testing and robotic process automation. This episode's guest, Markus Stahl, has been using Robot Framework with Camunda 7 and Python, using the external task worker pattern.In this conversation, Markus and Niall Deehan discuss Robot Framework, as well as some of the key differences between Camunda 8 and Camunda 7.As mentioned in the episode, you can check out Markus and Asko on Twitch. ...

In this special episode, Developer Advocate Niall Deehan sits down with Camunda Co-founder and Chief Technologist Bernd Ruecker to discuss the newly released Camunda Platform 8 and what users of Camunda Platform 7 need to know.A few questions that are addressed in this episode:How is Camunda 8 different from Camunda 7? What inspired this next generation of Camunda Platform, powered by Zeebe? When does it make sense to move to Camunda Platform 8?If you want to find out more abo...

In this episode we talk with Eric Lundberg, Senior Product Manager for Camunda Optimize.Optimize is a "Business Intelligence tool for BPMN", providing you with actionable insights into your processes running on Camunda Platform or Camunda Cloud. Eric gives us the low-down on the value that Camunda Optimize provides to business and technical users, how it can be leveraged across the whole of business - including fully manual processes and parts of the business that are digitised but not i...

In this episode, Simon Zambrovski and I discuss two different "flavors" or approaches to testing BPMN processes - a unit-test approach and a behaviour-driven approach.We debated making this two episodes, but eventually landed on keeping the two approaches together, so you can consider them at once. If you are familiarwith the unit-testing one that we describe first, skip ahead to learn about behaviour-driven testing.---Visit our website.Connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Mastodon, Threads...

Simon Zambrovski, a consultant at Holisticon and a Camunda Champion, shares from his years of experience implementing solutions with Camunda. In this episode we look at "managing data in processes".We examine questions like where to put data, how to structure it, how to get the coupling right.Whether you are looking down the keyboard at your very first POC with Camunda, or looking to compare your own best practices with some of the best in the business, this episode has something for you.---V...

Welcome to the latest episode of the Camunda Nation Podcast, where we go behind the scenes of CamundaCon 2021. To kick off the conversation, Camunda Developer Advocate Niall Deehan first chats with Mary Thengvall, our director of developer relations and CamundaCon moderator. Throughout their conversation, they discuss how she experienced this year’s hybrid event from the main stage and why she’s excited about the upcoming Camunda Community Summit in 2022. To close out the show, Niall connects...

In this episode, Rin, Danielle, and Josh talk about Hacktoberfest. Camunda is again participating in the month-long event, and giving out a limited edition Camunda Hacktoberfest t-shirt to qualifying contributors. For more details on Camunda's Hacktoberfest program, check the official Camunda Hacktoberfest 2021 page.---Visit our website.Connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky. Check out our videos on YouTube. Tweet with us. ---Camunda enables organizations to or...

In this episode we introduce the Camunda Champions program, championed by our Global Community Manager Luca Buchholz, and speak with Camunda Champions around the world.Featured in this episode:Michelle Chand (US)William Buzatto (Brazil)Alexey Vinogradov (Russia)Jan Galinski (Germany)Simon Zambrovski (Germany)For more details on the Camunda Champions Program, and to apply for the upcoming intake, visit the official Camunda Champions website.---Visit our website.Connect with us on LinkedIn, Fac...