In January 2012 I wrote a post called “What’s in your toolbox?”, running through the tools I leaned on. My favourite grid at the time was the Component One Flexigrid. A few months later, on 29 April, I followed it with “100% DX”. That one started with a simple, slightly annoyed question: could I get … Read more
Before you know it, we’re in the back end of October. It’s time for DevExpress v19.2 to drop, and it has! Every single platform has received love and attention in this release, including new offerings like the WinForms Gantt Control and the SvgImageBox. or maybe you’re ready to play around with our cutting edge Blazor … Read more
While doing a code review this week, the developer asked me if we could refactor some TypeScript. Basically take some repetitive client side code, pop it into a new file and make it easier to implement elsewhere. The project is using the powerful DevExpress ASPxGridView control in a lot of places (multiple controls on a … Read more
Sometimes we spend so long working in a technology it is a difficult to make a switch. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right!? The problem is, the world moves on. Using server side technologies like ASP.NET WebForms is something I still love to do, add a few DevExpress components onto a page, set … Read more
If there is one thing I have learnt in the last month, its how little I really understood about the use of JavaScript inside ASP.NET applications. Sure I could mash a <script> tag together and get something happening on the browser, but as far as best practices, lexical closures, correct use of the global stack, … Read more
Following a recent webinar on what went into the building of DXHotels a lot of people got in touch and asked if I could show how to actually *build* it. That sounded like a great idea since it is a good example of a real world scenario website and the hurdles faced would provide beneficial … Read more
With only a couple of weeks to go before the exciting new launch of the DevExpress v14.2 release, I decided to start taking a look at ASP.NET MVC and how WinForm and WebForm (ASP.NET) developers can make the leap into this ever expanding, ever trending technology. Join me as I take the lid off the … Read more
This week Julian M Bucknall and I are going to take you on a tour behind the scenes of DX Hotels, the mock hotel booking site we introduced in 14.1. From it’s conception to final publishing, DX Hotels contains best practices, stunning graphics, design and layout as well as a rich mobile and desktop UI. Join … Read more