In early June of this year, we announced the release of a new version of our products for .NET and a framework for mobile and client HTML5 DevExtreme applications.
Visitors to our booth at DevCon'e 2014 have already been opened a few features of the new version. For those who want to save their time, we have prepared a small video about what is new and interesting appeared in DevExpress Universal 14.1: ')
A full list of updates and enhancements to .NET and DevExtreme products is available on the DevExpress website .
Under the cut - a review of some large-scale innovations, including the expected release of our VCL products at the end of the month.
TileNav Pane and TileBar - components for creating a navigation interface in the style of MS Office 2013 (including those oriented under touch devices):
The new BreadCrumb Editor (breadcrumbs editor), which allows you to make easy navigation in your application:
Radically improved component Spreadsheet, with support for passwords, improved graphics rendering and many other "chips":
WPF
Similar WinForms, components of TileNav Pane and TileBar in the style of MS Office 2013:
The new BarCode component, which allows you to insert one-dimensional and two-dimensional bar codes into your application:
Significant improvements in speed and enhanced support for conditional formatting in the WPF Grid component:
ASP.NET WebForms + MVC
ASP.NET Spreadsheet - with support for basic features for working with Excel files and advanced appearance settings:
End-User Report Designer (currently in CTP version) is an online end-user tool for customizing reports before printing:
XAF
A unique product of its kind now includes a special Wizard for convenient and quick launch of new users:
Dashboard
The powerful enterprise product now provides a “server mode” of processing requests for data to improve application performance.
The possibilities of visualization and work with analytical data on maps ( Pie, Bubble charts, data clustering ), widely used in infographics, and client API for access to grouped and source data were also added:
HTML5 & JavaScript
The long-awaited line of client HTML5 / JavaScript widgets, including the grid:
CodeRush
New code provider «Import Namespace», which allows you to add using the desired namespace to the beginning of the file. Unlike the standard Visual Studio provider, the provider from CodeRush allows you to add using for a type whose assembly has not been added to the project references. In this case will be added automatically.
Also, the “Optimize namespace reference” command also became available in XAML files:
VCL
In addition, the other day we announced the release of a beta version of VCL products. About its new features can also be found in a special section on the site DevExpress .
I would especially like to mention the new Spreadsheet control. It was rewritten from scratch in order to simplify the architecture and mechanism for managing the formatting of cells, and now supports modern Excel spreadsheet data storage format, embedded images, fixed areas and much more:
And controls to display geographic maps:
In the comments to this article we will be happy to answer all your questions about the new version of our products.