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Case Study: Raindrops Server from Prognex

     

image  New startup Prognex has created Raindrops, a slick web application that uses just about every DevExpress ASP.NET control. The web app is loaded with enterprise goodness, it packs in the functionality of a CRM, ERP, and more!

Yang Yu, Prognex CEO and Cofounder, sent us a special Raindrops demo login just for DevExpress blog readers so you can check it out. Use these credentials below to login and experience the slick Raindrops web client:

URL: http://raindrops.prognex.com
Username: demo@devexpress.com
Password: success

Once on the site, navigate around and you'll see DevExpress ASP.NET controls in action. Also, be sure to check out Yang's "Controls Utilization [login required]" article which specifically lists the DevExpress controls and where they're used in the site.

Then check out this case study where Yang Yu discusses:

  • Raindrops Server functionality/features
  • How they chose DevExpress
  • DevExpress Controls used in the project
  • Time and cost savings using DevExpress

Click here to read the Developer Express Case Study: Prognex Corp

Readers, do me a favor will you? Leave a comment here with some kind words for Yang to let him know what you like about the Raindrops web app.

Thanks, Yang, for sharing your fantastic work with us!

Comments

 

Mehul Harry (DevExpress) said:

Btw, the website is still in the beta stage so there may be an occasional bug.

January 13, 2009 4:31 PM
 

Christoph Brändle said:

Yang Yu, you should consider silverlight very soon!

January 14, 2009 6:37 AM
 

Jeffrey Robinson said:

Looks great - as anything would based on DevExpress controls!

It is quite slow though - not sure if just for me, or it's how it is

January 16, 2009 1:37 AM
 

Yang Yu said:

we are in the process of upgrading our servers, sorry for speed. I assure you the slowness is due to connection speeds to our temp server and not the controls or our software.

January 16, 2009 11:49 AM
 

Denny Upadhyaya said:

How did you do the transparent Login window ?

January 23, 2009 6:47 PM
 

Yang Yu said:

hi Denny,

To achieve transparency the major browsers support it in css as

.TransparentPanel

{

filter:alpha(opacity=80);

-moz-opacity: 0.8;

opacity: 0.8;

}

in the above case, the transparency is 80% which means 20% of the background will show through.

you can then apply this css class to an aspxRoundPanel as cssClass = 'TransparentPanel' to achieve the login window effect.

Yang

January 30, 2009 10:36 PM

About Mehul Harry (DevExpress)

Mehul Harry is an ASP.NET technical evangelist at Developer Express. You can reach him directly at mharry@DevExpress.com. You can also follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mehulharry
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