DevExpress MVVM Framework. Asynchronous Commands.
In one of my previous posts, we reviewed two ICommand implementations: DelegateCommand and DelegateCommand<T>. Today, we’ll examine two more implementations: AsyncCommand and...
View ArticleNew CodeRush Plugin – CR References Metric
Just a quick little post to announce a tiny little plugin which provides member reference counts in the form of a metric.Simply click the metric tile and choose ‘References’ from the dropdown.CodeRush...
View ArticleDevExpress MVVM Framework. Converters.
DevExpress MVVM Framework includes a variety of value converters that convert between values of the same type as well as between different types. Converters are useful when binding properties of...
View ArticleVideo Case Study: CancerSurviorLink.org redesign with Mike Palgon
Check out this video case study that shows how a two year old website was redesigned for newer mobile devices:Mike shows us the new Cancer Survivor Link website. He also shows us the DevExpress ASP.NET...
View ArticleCreating the Ultimate Developer Keyboard–Part 1
So I’m a big UI guy. The science of great user interfaces has been a subject of my research for over a decade. And I write code. When any task takes more effort, precision, and/or time than what I want...
View ArticleJoin us for the NYC Roadshow Mixer!
Some of you may know by now that we’re traveling across the country and making roadshow stops in multiple US cities. Our first stop is in New York City Sept. 12 and is already at capacity, BUT we are...
View ArticleDevLink 2014–Machine Learning and Modern User Experiences
Pretty excited to be coming over to Tennessee for another edition of DevLink. I really enjoy coming to the South to catch up with friends, colleagues, and customers. Amanda, Areg and myself will be...
View ArticleCreating the Ultimate Developer Keyboard–Part 2
In Part 1, I showed the hardware I intend to use and gave an preview of functionality we expect to add. I’ve ordered the keyboard and it’s on the way. While we wait for it to arrive, I’m going to...
View ArticleNew Training Classes for October and November 2014
We have just announced new classes coming up for the second half of 2014! Yes, I know it's already begun, but as usual we're going for the latter part of the second half, to let all of you get back to...
View ArticleCreating the Ultimate Developer Keyboard–Part 3
The Keyboard Arrives.The keyboard is here. We’ve already created a set of features to bind to it in part 2 (and this series starts with a prototype in part 1).If you’ve seen me write code with an Xbox...
View ArticleJoin us at MobileTech Conference 2014 in Berlin
Next week from September 1st to September 3rd, I will be in Berlin Germany at MobileTech Conference 2014 together with John Martin. DevExpress is silver sponsor of this event which means we will be...
View ArticleCreating the Ultimate Developer’s Keyboard–Part 4
Here’s what we’ve done so far:In part 1, we introduced the challenge, discussed hardware options, and revealed the prototype. In part 2, we wrote our first features (before the keyboard even arrived!)...
View ArticleDevExpress MVVM Framework. EventToCommand.
In a previous post, we reviewed how the Behavior mechanism operates and touched on one of the most useful behaviors, EventToCommand. Today, we examine EventToCommand in detail and run through its...
View ArticleDataExplorer - Data Lookup functionality
In a typical OData web service most entity types have references to other entity types. Product would have a reference to Supplier, Order to Customer and Employee, OrderItems to Order. Since its very...
View ArticleCreating the Ultimate Developer’s Keyboard–Part 5
Here’s what we’ve done so far:Part 1 - the challenge, hardware, and the prototype. Part 2 - first features - paired delimiters. Part 3– keyboard arrives, layout, keys labels, feature binding, plus new...
View ArticleNew CodeRush Plugin – Sort Format Tokens
Some programmers feel that they have some sort of very minor OCD. Despite no real rational reason, they feel that certain things should be a certain way. The world seems out of place, slightly of...
View ArticleDevExpress VCL 14.1.4 released: full support for RAD Studio XE7
If you are a RAD Studio fan, whether your choice of compiler is Delphi or C++Builder, you’ll no doubt already know that Embarcadero released RAD Studio XE7 a week ago. We of course immediately...
View ArticleNew CodeRush Plugin – CR_CollapseXML
Another new plugin! This one requested by a customer so they could collapse some XML (or HTML) on command.Is there any way to have CodeRush collapse HTML or XML elements which have a ‘name’ or ‘id’...
View ArticleBest practises: The SalesViewer ASP.NET demo
Many of you know that with the installation of our products, we also install a rich variety of demo applications demonstrating the countless cool features in our controls.Those demos are installed in...
View ArticleBASTA! 2014: Products, presentations, prizes ... PARTY!
From September 22nd through to September 26th the BASTA! 2014 event will take place in Mainz, Germany and DevExpress is happy to be a Gold Partner.We’ll be present at full Euro-strength with Oliver,...
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