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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

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

XAF v24.2 EAP — Passwordless Sign-ins and MFA, Calculated Fields and Soft Deletion in EF Core, Tabbed MDI and Performance Enhancements in Blazor

This post documents a few XAF -related features we expect to ship in early December and details what’s inside our Early Access Preview build ( for additional information on what you can expect in December, please refer to our Year-End v2024.2 roadmap...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

2 October 2024

XAF XPO Usability security Entity Framework OData EF restful prerelease eap roadmap asp.net Core survey .net core blazor EF Core .net 6 web api REST OpenAPI Swagger .NET 8 2024 Non-Windows accessibility v24.2

.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

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

XAF v24.1 EAP — Tabbed MDI, Batch Edit, Notifications, Customization Form and Accessibility for Blazor, EF Core 8 and Performance Boost for Middle Tier Server

As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.1). This post describes a few XAF -related features we expect to ship in early June and details what’s inside our Early Access Preview build (for additional information...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

18 April 2024

XAF XPO Usability security Entity Framework OData EF restful prerelease eap roadmap asp.net Core survey .net core blazor EF Core .net 6 web api REST OpenAPI Swagger .NET 8 v24.1 2024 Non-Windows accessibility

WinForms — Performance Enhancements in the Microsoft WinForms Designer for .NET 6+ Development

We were in close collaboration with the Microsoft dev team over the last few months, and Microsoft has recently released Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 Preview 2 , which improves form load performance across a number of .NET Core / .NET usage scenarios...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

18 March 2024

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XAF v24.1 — June 2024 Roadmap (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service)

UPDATE: What's New in XAF (v24.1) - please vote in the survey | Year-End Roadmap (v24.2) --------- The following list outlines features/capabilities we expect ship for XAF’s Cross-Platform .NET App UI and the DevExpress .NET App Security & Web...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

7 February 2024

XAF XPO Usability security Entity Framework OData EF restful roadmap asp.net Core survey .net core blazor EF Core .net 6 web api REST OpenAPI Swagger .NET 8 v24.1 2024 Non-Windows accessibility

XAF (Blazor UI) 2023 Highlights — 5 Unique Web Features Designed to Rival Windows Desktop Solutions

In this last post of 2023, I want to highlight a few Cross-Platform .NET App UI (XAF)-related features we added or improved in 2023. When new users view screenshots of these unique XAF Blazor features or try them live in our XAF Blazor demo , they often...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

28 December 2023

XAF Usability LOB Web Featured asp.net Core ASP.NET customization blazor rad productivity v24.1 2023

Web API — New Code Examples on CRUD Operations Using OData Query Options, JWT and OAuth2 Authentication

Last week we received the following feedback for two specific help topics: Consume the Web API from .NET and Create Custom Endpoints : "#1 documentation on OData after Microsoft!" These help topics are also the most popular within the DevExpress...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

13 July 2023

Survey v23.1 REST OpenAPI Entity Framework EF OData Swagger restful Web API Visual Studio 2022 VS2022 XAF XPO usability security ef core

.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)

5 July 2023

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

DevExpress VCL Controls (v23.1) — What’s Inside Our Most Recent Release

As you may already know, we recently released an update for our VCL product line. We would like to take this opportunity and thank you for your continued support. DevExpress remains committed to the VCL platform and aims to extend and strengthen our VCL product offering....

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

29 June 2023

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