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XAF (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service) — Year-End Roadmap (v25.2)

This blog post outlines some of our XAF-related development plans for the second half of 2025 ( v25.2 ) and beyond. The announcement within this post is important and I don't wish to minimize its impact. My goal is to give everyone as much advance notice...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

15 August 2025

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WinForms — June 2025 Roadmap (v25.1)

This blog post outlines new WinForms–related features we expect to ship in our mid–year release (v25.1). You can leave your feedback at the end of the article - Go to the survey now . The information contained within this blog post details our current...

Bogdan Kharchenko (DevExpress)

18 February 2025

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.NET — Automatic Upgrade of .NET and External Dependency Versions, Converting Assembly to Package References and More (v24.2)

Reducing Issues with Target Framework/3rd Party Dependency Upgrades Based on research, a more effective/automated .NET framework and 3rd party dependency upgrade process is high on the priority list for our customers (without appropriate automation, major...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

15 October 2024

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WinForms — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)

This blog post outlines some of our WinForms-related development plans for the second half of 2024 (v24.2). As you will read below, key focus areas will be .NET Core UX, AI, and Accessibility. The information contained within this blog post details our...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

23 July 2024

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XAF (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service) — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)

UPDATE: What's New in XAF (v24.2) | June 2025 Roadmap (v25.1) As always, thank you for choosing XAF . We appreciate your support. This blog post outlines some of our XAF-related development plans for the second half of 2024 (v24.2). Strategically, our...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

21 July 2024

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.NET — .NET 8 and .NET Framework 4.6.2 Are Minimally Supported Target Frameworks for DevExpress Libraries in v24.2

What Will Change in v24.2 Once we release v24.2 (December 2024) , our libraries will no longer support .NET 6/7 and .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1. The following DevExpress . NET Core and .NET Framework-based products will also – at a minimum – require...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

10 July 2024

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.NET and .NET Framework — Migration from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json (v24.1)

What Will Change in v24.1 In our v24.1 release cycle (set to ship in June 2024), the following DevExpress products will use Microsoft’s System.Text.Json instead of Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization-related tasks in runtime code : Data Access Library...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

1 April 2024

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WinForms — Performance Enhancements in the Microsoft WinForms Designer for .NET 6+ Development

We were in close collaboration with the Microsoft dev team over the last few months, and Microsoft has recently released Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 Preview 2 , which improves form load performance across a number of .NET Core / .NET usage scenarios...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

17 March 2024

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XAF — Entity Framework Core 8 Support and Updated Performance Benchmarks for .NET 8

Great news for customers using Entity Framework Core (EF Core): XAF v23.2.4+ and associated Backend Web API Service include preview (CTP) support of EF Core 8. We intentionally added support for EF Core 8 in v23.2.4+ to solicit feedback before official...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

2 February 2024

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XAF Blazor & WinForms UI — .NET 8, Built-in Security and Multi-Tenancy Support, Integration of Custom Components, UI Customizations (v23.2)

As you probably know, our WinForms products ship with a custom Outlook-inspired app. You can review this app using the DevExpress Demo Center v23.2 (under the WinForms category), if you download and run our Unified Component Installer ( Trial / Paid ...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

19 January 2024

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