Over the years I have always enjoyed getting my hands on the latest gadgets, and my time as an Apple developer has been no different, as soon as a phone was announced I’d want to […]
Paul Usher
software & business strategist
Support My Ride to Conquer Cancer
Support My Ride to Conquer Cancer The Rio Tinto Ride to Conquer Cancer is a cycling journey throughout Queensland’s scenic countryside that I’m embarking on to fight cancer. It will be a challenge in a […]
DevExpress 14.1 – the Good, the Great and the downright Cool!
This is not the first time I have participated in a major product release during my time here at DevExpress, but I still can’t help getting caught up in the excitement surrounding our twice yearly […]
CodeRush vs ReSharper (the Roslyn debate)
Will CR/R# take advantage of Roslyn??? WOW! what a hot topic… In short, here is what you need to know… 1. Will ReSharper take advantage of Roslyn? NO 2. Will CodeRush take advantage of Roslyn? […]
How do you test a web UI ?
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 […]
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 […]
Not Flappy, Not Happy, Ratings gone MAD!
Ok, I don’t rant too often, but this one has me annoyed. Local development house PIG Studios decided to do something a little different when it wanted to launch itself. Effectively there are a number […]
What’s involved in setting up ASP.NET security?
What’s involved in setting up ASP.NET security? well it depends who you ask and what you want to do. It is interesting to see that something so important causes many developers to stumble. How do […]
.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 […]
100% DX – What’s New for 13.2
It’s no secret that I think an application should be built with one set of tools, I’ve been running the 100% DX challenge for 18 months now, so imagine how excited I am about the […]