DevExpress (formerly known as Developer Express) is a software development company based in the United States. It produces coding assistance tools and components for Borland Delphi, C++ Builder and Microsoft Visual Studio developers. The major part of their product line is VCL, .NET WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF and Silverlight components that replicate the UI of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications.
DevExpress has won many awards in the industry for its products.[1]
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| Type | Corporation |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Glendale, CA, USA |
| Industry | Computer software Research and development Visual Component Development |
| Website | www.devexpress.com |
Product Release/Event Timeline
1998 - First VCL visual components for Delphi and C++ Builder -- including the first VCL control with built-in data grouping capabilities (the ExpressGrid).
1999 - First ActiveX visual components for Visual Studio -- including grid and data editors, treeview/listview hybrid control, vertical grid control and navigation bar. (the XpressQuantumTreeList, the XpressQuantumGrid, the XpressInspector).
2000 - ExpressWeb Framework - a Delphi-C++Builder framework for building web applications. Inspired by the Microsoft's ASP.NET technology.
2000 - Eagle Software acquisition. Delphi-C++Builder coding assistance tools are added to the product line.
2002 - First .NET Windows Forms components -- including grid and data editors, charting, scheduling, treeview/listview hybrid control.
2003 - Reporting platform for .NET developers
2003 - First ASP.NET controls
2004 - Coding assistance and refactoring tools for Visual Studio developers
2005 - XPO - Object-Relational Mapping tool for .NET developers
2007 - ASP.NET controls completely re-designed based on the .NET framework v2.0 -- AJAX supported controls include grids, editors, schedulers, charting, reporting, pivot grid, and menu controls.
2007 - eXpressApp Framework - an application framework for building data-aware applications based on XPO and DevExpress visual components
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