We developers have a lot on our plate. There's the design of the software, the decisions to make with regard to the best way to create the software, the writing and running of the tests, the implementation, the continual need to keep up-to-date with what's going in our field, and so on so forth. Isn't that enough?

Aren't we, like, super-heroes already?

DevExpress Bags 'Best Of' Awards in Bangalore

Last week DevExpress travelled to Bangalore, India to attend the Great Indian Developer Summit.

The team were thrilled to receive a fantastic welcome from the community. Our very own Mark Miller was heralded the conference attendees' favorite speaker and DevExpress walked away with not one, but two awards voted for by Indian developers.

Thank you so much to all that spent time with us last week. We look forward to visiting your community again!

New Dock Style for VCL Docking Library

Yet another preview of soon-to-be-released functionality for our VCL customers.

Julian shows us the implementation of a customer request for a Visual Studio dock style in ExpressDocking Library.

Take a look and remember to leave your feedback for the team in the comments. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

Improving ASP.NET UI Performance in XAF

Our XAF users’ feedback was heard and we are happy to announce that with DXperience v2011 vol 1 you will see notable improvements to the performance of the UI of your XAF web apps.

The team are continually implementing your suggestions, so take a look and let them know what you think of this latest customer-driven enhancement.

Support for WCF Services Added to the DevExpress ORM Tool

In v2011 vol 1, XPO will deliver support for WCF Services.

This latest development will mean creating a service and client for IDataStore will be as easy as A, B, C … or maybe even X, P, O!

Take a look at the team's blog and leave your feedback and comments, we'll be looking forward to hearing from you.

Introducing New WPF and Silverlight Gauge Controls

Hot on the heels of the new chart types for WPF and Silverlight comes a range of flexible and interactive gauges to add the wow factor to your application dashboards.

These brand new gauge controls are due to ship with DXperience v2011 vol 1 and they will add yet another powerful yet simple control to your development toolbox.

Take a look at Bryan’s introductory post and let us know what your thoughts are on DXGauges.

Kick Crappy Code Into Touch with CodeRush

CodeRush was, and still is, designed with developer productivity at its forefront.

Features that eradicate repetition and help you to boost the standard of the code you deliver are in abundance.

A CodeRush user for many years prior to joining DevExpress, Rory has found and exploited as many of the opportunities that CodeRush has presented to him as he can to make him the most productive developer that he can be.

Take a look at just a small selection of the tips that Rory has found most helpful as a CodeRush user.

Quick CodeRush Navigation Tips

Working up the learning curve of a new tool can be inhibiting to your productivity. CodeRush Evangelist, Rory, is helping to flatten out the learning curve to help you get up to speed with CodeRush in no time.

Check out his latest selection of handy tips and tricks for CodeRush newcomers.

Testing XAF Apps Becomes a Breeze with EasyTest

Anything that can be measured can be improved, and XAF applications are no exception. To help our XAF users to apply this mantra, the frameworks team developed EasyTest - a functional testing framework that ships alongside XAF.

EasyTest was first made available in DXperience v2009 vol 2 and since then improvements have steadily been introduced in order to make this a simple and effective way of testing your XAF applications. We’re pretty certain that we are making great progress with the latest enhancements.

If you are not familiar with EasyTest, take a look at Gary’s recent webinar and then find out what is in store for EasyTest in the next release of DXperience.

Futuristic Functionality: Advanced CodeRush Plug-ins

Last week Mark wowed the audience at the Great Indian Developer Summit with a journey into the future of the IDE. Little did that audience know that many of those hypnotic, futuristic features are already here today in CodeRush.

Don’t get left behind as the IDE races into a future free from mice and keyboards! Join Mark and Rory as they continue their exploration of the extensibility and customization options available to you via CodeRush.

Interactive Webinars: Ask DevExpress

The DevExpress team webinars are a great way for you to interact with our product teams and evangelists.

Once a month the teams host a live webinar that allows you to ask questions or raise your concerns about your favorite DevExpress products with the teams.

If you’ve got a question, don’t keep it to yourself! Join the teams on their live and interactive webinars and get the answers you are looking for.

Julian on JavaScript – A Webinar Series

Julian continues his successful course of Julian on JavaScript webinars with a peek into some well-regarded JavaScript libraries.

As part of his Learning by Reading series, Julian hopes to be able to help you to uncover some of the coding patterns within these libraries that you can immediately use in your own code.

Register your free seat for this webinar now, and join Julian live.

Robert Boedigheimer says it can indeed be done. Furthermore, he will introduce us to free tools and simple techniques that we can use to achieve this.

Join Robert and the DevExpress team, live on Monday May 2nd. We’ll find out how you can live the developer’s impossible dream of improving customer experience and save money at the same time.

Space is limited, so sign up now for your seat on this free webinar, delivered as part of the DevExpress webinar series.