Developers Toolbox

My favourite tools

Xamarin.Forms -> .Net MAUI

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An app I hadn’t touched since its last store build stopped opening in my IDE. Not a compiler error, not a failing test. I opened the solution and two of the projects were simply dead in the tree. Greyed out. Unloadable. I hadn’t changed a single line. The ground underneath the code had been quietly … Read more

100% DX, 14 Years Later: Was I Right?

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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

We Moved a 15-Year-Old .NET Framework App to .NET 10 in Days and let an AI assist

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I’ve been building software a long time. Long enough to have hand-migrated more legacy codebases than I care to count, back when “modernisation” meant a fortnight of find-and-replace, a wall of compiler errors, and a knot in your stomach every time you hit Build. So when I say the project I’m about to describe had … Read more

DevExpress v19.2 Released

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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

DevExtreme, Ionic, TypeScript and Angular 2

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This week, Julian and I took to the airwaves again to show just how easy it is to combine some pretty heavy hitting names to produce cutting edge mobile applications. DevExtreme Ionic Framework TypeScript Angular 2 The presentation was recorded and is available to watch on the DevExpress YouTube channel.  In a couple of weeks time, … Read more

Then & Now

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It’s been a while since my last post, but there has been so much happening. The best part of the first half of this year has been spent sharing with developers all around Australia the power of Microsoft Azure coupled with the comprehensive controls from DevExpress.  Everything from ASP.NET WebForms and MVC, to cross platform … Read more