Issue 51

JOSE JAVIER COLUMBIE

Hello XAFers,

A lot of great news in this issue.

The new Grid for Blazor if finally here and with a lot of great improvements.
We can now filter by XAF Platform in the Support Center
XAF Roadmap has been updated to reflect what is currently Available in v22.1
Horizontal Scaling for XAF deployed on Linux testimonial
DevExpress MVP Robert Anderson joined our last standup with a great testimonial about the Power of XAF. (And he is hiring)
Microsoft announced the general availability of .NET MAUI

It is a great time to be a XAF developer. As always, XAF out!

XAFers Introductions

The Power of XAF - Testimonial by DevExpress MVP Robert Anderson

ERP developed in XAF by 3 developers, used by 130 huge multinational companies with more than 100 billions dollars of payment cleared every year.

Getting Started

UPDATED to v22.1 => XAF - 2022 Roadmap (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & API Services)

The following list outlines the features/capabilities we expect to introduce in our Cross-Platform .NET App UI - XAF and .NET App Security API this year.

The article has been update to reflect what is currently Available in v22.1.

Introducing .NET MAUI - One Codebase, Many Platforms - .NET Blog

Exciting news! Microsoft announced the general availability of .NET MAUI

Now we can Filter by XAF Platform in the Support Center

This is so Awesome!

Horizontal Scaling for XAF deployed on Linux

A XAFer shared his #Linux deployment experience with #XAF #AspNetCore #Blazor in https://devexpress.com/issue=t1088373 - thanks to Microsoft for #DotNetCore!

XAF

XAFers Community Standup. XAF Roadmap 2022 and more Blazor

XAFers Community Standup. XAF Retro

XAF Retro: We have come a long way with XAF but who has been using XAF since Day 1?

What is the oldest XAF version you have used?

Code Diagnostics (CTP) | eXpressApp Framework

XAF v22.1 marks the official release of the Code & Project Diagnostics.

We are choosing between adding Code & Project Diagnostics to XAF projects unconditionally OR offering an opt-out screen in the Project Converter. What do you think about this change in general and what are your preferred options to enable this feature?

XAF Web

XAF Win Dashboard Designer opened from Web using a custom URL Scheme

XAF WEB API

Create Custom Endpoints

You can create custom endpoints for the Web API service.

Get Related Business Objects - XAF Web API

Use the $expand OData query parameter to obtain related business objects.

Use the Postman Tool to Test the Web API

You can also use the Postman tool to test the Web API. The Postman tool is more flexible and allows you to send complex requests with parameters to the Web API service.

Execute Custom Operations on Endpoint Requests | eXpressApp Framework | DevExpress Documentation

You can execute custom code when a Web API service processes HTTP requests.

XAF Blazor

Blazor Architecture Patterns with Jeffrey Palermo

Highly informative talk on Blazor. Gives a lot of direction on how large projects should be done.

Deployment Recommendations for XAF Blazor UI Applications

Official release of DevExpress Grid for Blazor

We recommend using the new Grid for Blazor instead of the previous component (Data Grid). Several key Grid enhancements: Server Mode Data Source, Support for Observable Data Collections, Master-Detail View, Row Preview, Column Resize, Column Visibility and Column Chooser and more...