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Lesley Dean - Principal Developer Advocate @ Fluent Commerce

Lesley Dean

7 Reasons to build and use Small Composable Rules

It is crucial to build and use small composable rules in order management. Smaller rules are easier to write, test, and debug, and they offer greater flexibility, reusability, and cost-effectiveness. In turn, this enhances productivity and delivers more value to customers.

8 May 2025

10 min read

Lesley Dean - Principal Developer Advocate @ Fluent Commerce

Lesley Dean

7 Signs your Rules are doing too much

Complex names, too many parameters, and excessive logging may indicate that your Rules are doing too much. You should break down large Rules into smaller, composable ones to simplify workflows and improve maintainability. It is important to keep rules concise so they are more efficient and easier to read.

8 May 2025

5 min read

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Display REST API Data in Standard Library Components

Edited 576 days ago

Build a Webhooks Monitoring Dashboard

Edited 152 days ago

7 Reasons to build and use Small Composable Rules

Edited 546 days ago

Small composable rules enable composition of business logic. This is important to maintain flexibility and minimise the cost of change over time. These are 2 of the most common reasons our customers choose Fluent Order Management!So why is this so important? In this first article in the “Composable Rules Series”, I present “the why”. We’ll explore 7 reasons for building small composable rules.By the end of this article, you will understand the benefits for both developers and our customers.

Create a new Rules SDK Plugin Project

Edited 152 days ago

Deploy and Run your Rules SDK project

Edited 583 days ago

Fluent CLI Reference

Edited 98 days ago

The Fluent CLI provides command line tooling for interacting with Fluent Accounts and Modules.UsageThe Fluent CLI is activated by typing the keyword `fluent` into a terminal command line, followed by a Command, Subcommand, Argument, and Options:`fluent <command> <subcommand> <argument> [options]`

The `<command>` will refer to a noun (or “a thing”).
The `<subcommand>` will refer to a verb (or action).
The `<argument>` is the primary required name of the “thing” identified by the `<command>`.
The `[options]` may include required or optional additional parameters to be used by the `<command>` and `<subcommand>`.

Getting Started with the Fluent CLI

Edited 15 days ago

Rules SDK - Getting Started

Edited 583 days ago

The Rules SDK is a Java based software development kit, which provides Java developers with a toolkit for creating custom Rules for the Fluent OMX Workflow Framework.The Workflow Framework is a highly configurable and extendable part of the Fluent OMX Platform, which facilitates orchestration of business logic for the Fluent Order Management System.

Understanding Event Execution

Edited 152 days ago

This page describes how Event Execution works.

Introducing new Developer Tooling: Fluent CLI v1.0.0

Edited 470 days ago

REST API

Edited 246 days ago

The Fluent Platform provides and number of REST APIs for interacting with the platform.These differ from the primary GraphQL APIs which primarily cover domain entities. This section provides access to the REST based Platform APIs reference documentation.

Setup your Development Environment for Rules SDK

Edited 152 days ago

Update your Plugin Project for JDK 17+

Edited 657 days ago

REST Event API

Edited 152 days ago

Events are a fundamental part of the Fluent Platform. Not only are they used to trigger workflow logic, but they also capture everything that happens within the system. Events are categorized by type.

Write your first custom Rule using the Fluent Rules SDK (Hello World)

Edited 583 days ago

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