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Application Security — Why One Does Not Simply Protect a Data Store Connection String and Other Login Credentials?

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

.NET .net core Architecture Backend Data Access database Desktop Frontend Middle Tier ORM RDBMS REST security webapi windows WinForms WPF

​VCL – June 2026 Roadmap (v26.1)

The following list outlines features/capabilities we expect to ship for our VCL UI Component Libraries - Delphi & C++Builder (expected release date: June 2026). As you will see, accessibility (A11Y), developer productivity, and blazing fast pixel-perfect...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

4 February 2026

2026 a11y accessibility AI bi dashboards desktop future highdpi hybrid js localization productivity reports Roadmap Survey SVG template kit v26.1 VCL windows 11

VCL — Year-End Roadmap (v25.2)

The following post outlines VCL UI component (Delphi & C++Builder) features/capabilities we expect to ship in December 2025. Before I detail our year-end VCL Roadmap...if you have not yet done so, please take a moment to review What's New in v25.1 (our...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

11 August 2025

2025 a11y accessibility AI analytics bi dashboards desktop future hybrid js reporting reports Roadmap Survey v25.2 VCL windows 11

VCL — Early Access Preview (v25.1)

We are just a couple of months away from our next major update (v25.1). This post describes a few VCL-related features we expect to ship in early June and details what’s inside our Early Access Preview (EAP) build. For additional information on what you...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

30 April 2025

2025 desktop eap future prerelease Roadmap v25.1 VCL windows 11

​VCL – June 2025 Roadmap (v25.1)

The following list outlines features/capabilities we expect to ship for our VCL UI Component Libraries - Delphi & C++Builder (expected release date: June 2025). Before I detail our VCL Roadmap...if you have not yet done so, please take a moment to review...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

26 February 2025

2025 a11y accessibility AI desktop future highdpi hybrid js Roadmap Survey SVG v25.1 VCL windows 11

VCL v24.2 EAP — RAD Studio 12.2 Support, Hybrid VCL/JS Components, Modern 64-bit C++ Compiler and Usability Enhancements

As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.2). This post describes a few VCL-related features we expect to ship in early December and details what’s inside our Early Access Preview build (for additional information...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

30 September 2024

2024 charts desktop eap future highdpi prerelease Roadmap Survey SVG v24.2 VCL windows 11

VCL — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)

The following list outlines VCL UI component (Delphi & C++Builder) features/capabilities we expect to ship in December 2024. Before I detail our year-end VCL Roadmap...if you have not yet done so, please take a moment to review What's New in v24.1 (our...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

24 July 2024

2024 charts desktop future highdpi hybrid js Roadmap Survey SVG v24.2 VCL windows 11

VCL v24.1 EAP — RAD Studio 12.1 Support, Secondary Axes & Palettes in Charts, Office 365 Ribbon Style, Enhanced Image Editors

As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.1). This post describes a few VCL-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)

15 April 2024

2024 charts desktop eap future highdpi prerelease Roadmap Survey SVG v24.1 VCL windows 11

VCL UI Controls — June 2024 Roadmap (v24.1)

UPDATE: What's New in VCL (v24.1) - please vote in the survey | Year-End Roadmap (v24.2) --------- The following list outlines features/capabilities we expect to ship for VCL UI Components for Delphi & C++Builder (expected release date: June 2024). You...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

14 February 2024

2024 charts desktop future highdpi Roadmap Survey SVG v24.1 VCL windows 11

Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures

Back in 2002, the world was exciting for Windows desktop application developers: Microsoft released the .NET Framework! With it came the completely new language C# (do you remember it was called Cool prior to the release?) as well as various new subsystems...

Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)

9 February 2024

.NET .net core Architecture Asynchronous Backend Data Access Desktop Frontend Middle Tier REST security webapi windows WinForms WPF