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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

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

.NET .net core ASP.NET Blazor charting Dashboard DevExtreme Featured feedback future globalization JS localization office Reporting Roadmap Survey usability ux VCL WinForms WPF XAF

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

.NET .NET 10 .NET 8 .NET 9 .net core 2026 asp.net Core blazor EF Core Entity Framework future important changes roadmap v26.1 web api WinForms XAF

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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What's coming in v25.1

As we look ahead to the DevExpress v25.1 release anticipated early June, there is a lot to get excited about across our product line-up. From UI enhancements and performance boosts to serious AI integration and accessibility upgrades, the focus this cycle...

Paul Usher (DevExpress)

13 April 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 — Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Middle Tier Security Server (EF Core with WebSockets)

Series Overview This article is the second in a series of posts for teams who wish to build .NET desktop applications that communicate securely with backend services. Table of Contents Intro — Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures Choosing...

Bogdan Kharchenko (DevExpress)

18 September 2024

.NET access control ASP.NET authentication authorization EF EFCore Entity Framework grid rbac security web api webapi WinForms XAF

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

.NET .NET 8 .NET 9 .net core 2024 asp.net Core blazor EF Core Entity Framework future OData Performance roadmap security v24.2 web api WinForms XAF XPO

WinForms — Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Secure Backend Web API Service (EF Core with OData)

Series Overview As you may recall from an earlier post (Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures), we want to help guide our loyal WinForms/WPF/VCL/.NET MAUI/XAF customers through new/tightened security requirements (and associated complexities...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

17 July 2024

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.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

.NET .net core .NET MAUI ASP.NET Dashboards NuGet Reporting security WinForms WPF XAF