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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 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 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

Comprehensive Documentation for Blazor Deployments: Linux and Windows, IIS and Nginx, Cloud and On-Premise, SQL Server and PostreSQL

Inner Motivation or Value to Users Problem The Microsoft deployment documentation is a nice start for advanced users, but tend to be quite generic/incomplete for newbies or users without deep knowledge of specific tech like ASP.NET Core Blazor, Azure...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

3 December 2023

.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

DevExpress Cross-Platform Products — Getting Ready for .NET 7

This blog post details our solution for the System.Drawing.Common-related breaking change in our cross-platform products. Because the number of apps deployed on non-Windows machines continues to increase, this task is a high priority for multiple development teams at DevExpress. As you might expect, we must refactor and modify significant portions of our code for .NET 7. This is not a trivial undertaking and your feedback on this matter is very important....

The DevExpress Team

23 February 2022

Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6 Support

We have noticed a slight uptick in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6-related support traffic. In this post, we'll take a closer look at what you can expect from DevExpress in our upcoming release (v21.2). Visual Studio 2022 Support First and foremost...

The DevExpress Team

14 October 2021