@everyone Windmill is the fastest workflow engine but many times the comparison with other workflow engines was stuck on low-code vs full code flows. I'm proud to release the ALPHA of:
**Workflow-as-Code v2 — Write workflows as plain code**
We completely rebuilt Workflow-as-Code from the ground up. Instead of a visual flow builder, you write your entire workflow as a regular TypeScript or Python script — with all the reliability of Windmill's execution engine behind it.
```
import { task, step, sleep, waitForApproval, workflow } from "windmill-client";
const process = task(async (x: string) => `processed: ${x}`);
export const main = workflow(async (x: string) => {
const a = await process(x);
const urls = await step("get_urls", () => getResumeUrls());
await sleep(60);
await waitForApproval({ timeout: 3600 });
return { processed: a };
});
```
Each task() call runs as a separate checkpointed job — if your workflow fails halfway through, completed steps are skipped on retry. step() checkpoints inline code without spawning a child job. sleep() and waitForApproval() suspend server-side without holding a worker.
What's new:
- Direct function calls — no more string-based step references or passing context objects. Just wrap your functions with task() and call them normally
- Module support — split your workflow across multiple files with taskScript("./helper.ts"), each module gets its own editor tab
- Parallel execution — Promise.all() / asyncio.gather() just works
- Full primitive set — task, taskScript, step, sleep, waitForApproval, getResumeUrls
- Python & TypeScript — both languages supported with idiomatic APIs (@task() decorator in Python)
- Live timeline — real-time visualization of step execution, durations, and status in the UI
Available now in v1.652+.
https://www.windmill.dev/docs/core_concepts/workflows_as_code
rubenf · 5d ago
