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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
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
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) transforms the way AI assistants interact with external tools and data sources. Developed by Anthropic, MCP is an open standard that allows developers to establish secure, two-way connections between databases, APIs, and...
Dmitry Tokmachev (DevExpress)
16 October 2025
In a recent blog post I described how an XAF Blazor project can be adjusted to support .NET Aspire. With a couple of changes to the startup logic, in both the standard XAF project template and the code added by the Aspire Visual Studio wizard, it became...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
21 April 2025
Hi folks! Microsoft BUILD is coming up on May 19-22 in Seattle! And... DevExpress is going to be back IN PERSON again this year!! Please stop by our Expert Meet-Up Space #418 if you are in the Partner HUB between sessions. I will be there, as well as...
Amanda Lukasik (DevExpress)
15 April 2025
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
In Microsoft’s words, .NET Aspire is a set of tools, templates, and packages for building observable, production ready apps. In case you are not familiar with Aspire yet, please read the content of Microsoft’s website to get up to speed with the basic...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
25 March 2025
On February 17, 2025, Microsoft released the 9.3.0-preview.1.25114.11 version of its Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions package. APIs associated with this package play an important role in the implementation of DevExpress AI-powered Extensions and the...
Dmitry Tokmachev (DevExpress)
12 March 2025
This post is the next installment in my series titled Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) . The content relates to my previously published post Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
6 March 2025
As you may already know, we recently released DevExpress v24.2 - our second major update of 2024. v24.2 includes a variety of enhancements/updates across our entire .NET, JavaScript, and VCL product portfolio....
Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)
27 December 2024
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