Workflows overview

A workflow in Nordcraft is a series of actions that are executed on certain events. It can contain complex logic and trigger behaviors.

Use workflows to react to events. For example, when a user clicks on a button, you can respond to a click event and make something happen. "Make something happen" is the workflow. You can create all kinds of logic to respond to the click event. Typical examples include:

• setting or updating variables
• triggering events
• calling APIs

Check out working with workflows to learn how to create workflows and add logic.

Formulas in Nordcraft are pure functions. This means that they do not have side effects. Workflows, on the other hand, are designed to have side effects. They work in a "when this happens, do that" manner.

Actions and workflows are similar, but have a few key differences:

• Workflows are scoped, meaning they belong to a page or a component. Workflows can only be executed in their scope or via a context. Workflow logic is created in Nordcraft's visual environment.
• Actions are global to the project. Actions can be called from anywhere in your project. Actions are written in JavaScript and are used to extend Nordcraft's functionality.