We all understand the importance of a good testing framework, Test Driven Development (TDD) significantly reduces the maintenance cost of software and provides for cleaner, tidier code, but what about the UI elements of a […]
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Category: Developers Toolbox
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Mobile Evolution: Obj-C –> TypeScript with DevExtreme
It still amazes me, the number of developers who have put writing mobile apps into the ‘too hard’ basket. The scenario is the same around the world… someone at a corporate level decides it would […]
.Net PDF Viewer Showdown – revisited
Sometime last year I wrote a post on PDF Viewers and the difficulty in choosing one that was inexpensive, easy to implement and performant. Since that time DevExpress released a PDF Viewer for WinForms, WPF […]
Hello iOS World!
I remember writing my first mobile app for the Psion Series II, it started my passion for mobile devices. So it was no surprise to the family when I started writing apps for the iPhone […]
CodeRush webinar – everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
I’ve written before about the amazing power of CodeRush and why I prefer it over other tools. A lot of people still ask me what its all about, what are the things that keep popping […]
What? You mean I have to *Pay* for that?
I was answering posts in a community forum on the weekend when I came across an entry asking for help to build a data grid. The requirement was complex. The poster had expressed at the […]
100% DX – SearchLookUpEdit, did YOU know it existed ?
Normally when I need to present a complex lookup I would spawn a new form have the user select a row from a carefully crafted UI and return the single value result back to a […]
.Net PDF Viewer showdown
Ok, it was a simple enough feature to add. A viewer that would allow PDF’s to be shown on screen. Already in my toolkit I had the SyncFusion control, but after a couple of quick […]
100% DX – XtraReports : bye bye Crystal, sorry ActiveReports
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when I mention reporting? Crystal? ActiveReports? I have used these and others on numerous projects, but then I learnt about Developer Express XtraReports, lets see if […]
100% DX – CodeRush replaces ReSharper
The debate as to CodeRush or ReSharper has been undertaken by many people of the years, in fact prior to writing this post, I read through a number of older comparisons which put forth good […]