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XAF (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service) — June 2026 Roadmap (v26.1)

Thank you for choosing XAF (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service) for your software development needs. This blog post outlines some of our XAF-related development plans for the first half of 2026 (v26.1, set for release in June 2026). First, if...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

3 March 2026

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

EDIT : XAF v26.1 Roadmap 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...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

15 August 2025

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DevExpress AI — Sneak Peek of New Smart Functions Coming Soon to Blazor, DevExtreme, WinForms, and WPF UI Components

I hope this post finds you well - as always, thank you for your continued support and commitment to DevExpress development tools. Should you have any questions about this post or if you'd like to discuss AI-related requirements with us, feel free to submit...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

31 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 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

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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XAF (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service) — Year-End Roadmap (v23.2)

UPDATE: What's New in XAF v23.2 and XAF v24.1 Roadmap --------------------------- This blog post outlines some of our XAF-related development plans for the second half of 2023 (v23.2). As you will see below, key focus areas will continue to remain Blazor...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

24 August 2023

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Reporting — Enhancements, Documentation Updates, Tips & Tricks (October 2022)

This post documents recent changes made to help topics, and links to a handful of support tickets that might be of value to those using and/or considering DevExpress Reports for an upcoming project. New Examples and Documentation Updates The following...

Polina Fedorova (DevExpress)

17 October 2022

ASP.NET Core Documentation Reporting Tips & Tricks WinForms

Reporting — How to Manage Report Data Sources at Runtime

For some of our users, reports initially created within the DevExpress Visual Studio Report Designer require modifications at runtime prior to display in either our royalty-free End-User Report Designer or Document Viewer . Specifically, runtime modifications...

Dmitry Tokmachev (DevExpress)

28 July 2022

ASP.NET Core Data Sources DataSourceManager Class Document Viewer End-User Designer Reporting v22.1 WinForms WPF