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Application Security — Stronger Hashes and Safer Passwords

Every application that stores passwords makes an implicit bet: that the hashing algorithm it chose will remain strong enough to resist attacks for as long as those hashes exist. It’s worth revisiting that bet regularly. This post walks through the reasoning...

Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)

17 April 2026

.NET .net core Architecture ASP.NET Blazor Dashboard Data Access Office File API Reporting security WinForms WPF XAF

Application Security — Why One Does Not Simply Protect a Data Store Connection String and Other Login Credentials?

A developer asks: “How do I protect my connection string in a desktop application?” This is one of the most common security questions in .NET development, and it sounds like it should have a straightforward answer. But there is a fundamental problem we...

Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)

2 April 2026

.NET .net core Architecture Backend Data Access database Desktop Frontend Middle Tier ORM RDBMS REST security webapi windows WinForms WPF

Microsoft Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) Has Been Deprecated: What’s Next for DevExpress-Powered App Localization?

As you probably know, Microsoft Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) support ended on October 15, 2025. Since MAT is no longer supported, this post documents localization-related alternatives available to the Microsoft developer community. What MAT Deprecation...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

1 April 2026

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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

.NET .net 6 .Net 7 .NET 8 .net 9 .net core ASP.NET C# Charts Dashboards DevExtreme Featured installation installer NuGet office Reporting Roadmap Survey usability v24.2 Web WinForms WPF XAF

WPF — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)

In this post, I'll outline WPF capabilities/features we expect to ship in our next major update (v24.2) including focus in the following areas: Accessibility, AI, and DateOnly & TimeOnly support....

Kseniya Kuzmina (DevExpress)

29 July 2024

.NET .net 8 .NET 9 .net core 2024 accessibility localization Roadmap WPF

.NET — About NuGet Package Audit and "False-Positive" Security Warnings

Over the last few years, the commitment to `information security` has evolved in a positive direction - more organizations taking a far more serious posture when it comes to system security and its associated risks. Software development processes are...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

17 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

.NET .net 6 .Net 7 .NET 8 .net 9 .net core ASP.NET C# Charts Dashboards DevExtreme Featured installation installer NuGet office Reporting Roadmap Survey usability v24.2 Web WinForms WPF XAF

.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

.NET .net 6 .NET 8 .net core ASP.NET ASP.NET Core Blazor C# Dashboards DevExtreme installation installer Maps Reporting Roadmap security Survey v24.1 Web WinForms WPF XAF

Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures

Back in 2002, the world was exciting for Windows desktop application developers: Microsoft released the .NET Framework! With it came the completely new language C# (do you remember it was called Cool prior to the release?) as well as various new subsystems...

Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)

9 February 2024

.NET .net core Architecture Asynchronous Backend Data Access Desktop Frontend Middle Tier REST security webapi windows WinForms WPF

.NET — .NET Standard 2.0 Deprecation, Support for .NET 6 or .NET 8 (LTS) in DevExpress Libraries (v23.2)

UPDATED See also .NET — .NET 8 and .NET Framework 4.6.2 Are Minimally Supported Target Frameworks for DevExpress Libraries in v24.2 What Will Change in v23.2 Once we release v23.2, our libraries will no longer support .NET Standard 2.0. I’ve outlined...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

4 July 2023

.NET .net 6 .Net 7 .NET 8 .net core .NET Standard ASP.NET C# Charts Dashboards Featured installation installer NuGet office Reporting Roadmap Survey usability v23.2 Web WinForms WPF XAF