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 on what you can expect, refer to our June 2024.1 roadmap). As you will see below, XAF key focus areas will continue to remain Blazor, Entity Framework Core, Security and .NET 8. One of XAF’s core development pillars is Low-Code/No-Code .NET application development (for Web, Desktop and APIs simultaneous ..read more

Why Node.js and WebAssembly? Customizing DevExpress Reports (within a back-end application) may present unique challenges to front end-web developers new to .NET. In this post, we'll show you how the integration of .NET and WebAssembly can help address these challenges and enhance overall app security/performance. The conventional approach to report development/customization requires expertise in .NET and related languages...but WebAssembly eliminates this requirement. By running .NET applications in a WASM environment, developers can integrate interactive reports into Node.js application ..read more

In this post, I'll describe TypeScript-related enhancements introduced in our last two major updates (v23.1 and v23.2). Should you have questions about these new capabilities, please submit a ticket via the DevExpress Support Center. We'll be happy to follow-up. All Frameworks You can now import all required types directly from framework-specific packages. You no longer need to import types from a separate `devextreme` package. Before import { ColumnChooserMode } from 'devextreme/common/grids'; import DataGrid from 'devextreme-react/data-grid'; After import DataGrid, { DataGr ..read more

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 on what you can expect, refer to our Mid-Year 2024.1 roadmap).  Active VCL Subscribers can download our most recent EAP builds using the DevExpress Download Manager.  You can also download our EAP demos using this link at your convenience. If you are using a trial, and want to try t ..read more

Microsoft BUILD will be happening May 21-23, 2024 in Seattle! And... we are so excited to let you all know that we will be back IN PERSON this year!! Please stop by our Expert Meet-Up Space if you are in the Partner HUB between sessions. I will be there, as well as our CTO Julian Bucknall and our Client Services Guru, Areg Yeghnazar. We can answer questions, show off demos, or just give you one of our iconic 'I'd Rather Be Coding' stickers.  We will be directly inside the main entrance to the HUB- just walk through the doors and take a sharp left if you want to stop by and chat ..read more

Processing documents on different platforms can be challenging, especially when dealing with fonts that are not universally available across all machines/operating systems. Needless to say, missing fonts can introduce inconsistencies (affecting reports, Word documents, and PDF files) when users create and exchange documents via email or within an app itself. For the best possible user experience, it is essential to address font-related issues within Blazor WebAssembly and .NET MAUI apps. The underlying challenges are well known: Blazor WebAssembly doesn't offer direct access to system fonts, a ..read more

We expect to ship our next major .NET MAUI update (v24.1) in a couple of months. This post outlines the features available in our early access preview (EAP) build and documents features included in our minor update (v23.2.5). Early Access Preview (v24.1) If you expect to use our EAP, make certain to check the “Include prerelease” option within NuGet's Package Manager to access early access preview features. Early Access and CTP builds are provided solely for early testing purposes and are not ready for production use. This build can be installed side by side with other major versions of ..read more

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: BI Dashboards (DashboardJsonDataSource) and Reporting (JsonDataSource) for .NET 6+ WinForms, WPF, Blazor, ASP.NET Core apps (.NET Framework apps will continue to use the Newtonsoft.Json library. We expect to switch to System.Text.Json in our v24.2 release cycle) - Breaking Change. Data Ac ..read more

According to Google/SOASTA research, bounce rates increase by 32% when page load takes 1-3 seconds. Though enterprise mobile app users are unlikely to close an application if they encounter unnecessary delays, performance issues may affect perception/overall user experience. Understanding/addressing performance bottlenecks can be challenging (and time consuming) but mastering the process can help enhance app usability/adoption.  In this blog post, I’ll demonstrate a simple technique to profile .NET MAUI applications using .NET Meteor and Speedscope VS Code extensions. You c ..read more

Our next major update (v24.1) is set for release in early June. This post details DevExpress Reports and BI Dashboard-related features we expect to ship in June and describes what’s included in our early access preview (EAP) build. For additional information on what we plan to ship in June, please refer to our v24.1 roadmap. Early Access and CTP builds are provided solely for early testing purposes and are not ready for production use. This build can be installed side by side with other major versions of DevExpress products. Please back up your project and other important ..read more