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DevExpress Universal

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What is DevExpress Universal?

DevExpress Universal is a suite of all DevExpress .NET products and controls.

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Create any data-driven enterprise-level web app with data-ready components and responsive and capable support

Incentivized
John FrancoView profile
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Research & Development at Payconer (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use DevExpress to collect and analyze construction data in the infrastructure industry. We cover the whole construction cycle from pre-construction, construction, and post-construction. In a nutshell, we use the data grids and pivotgrids to create cost estimating, project bidding management, and scheduling (integration with dhtmlx Gantt)

Pros

  • Handle large and complex datasets using its table widget (DataGrid)
  • Handle large and complex hierarchical datasets using its tree table widget (TreeList)
  • Customize widget to fulfill advanced requirements such as adding a complex grid inside a grid cell

Cons

  • No access to support tickets from within the documentation pages. Many topics are covered comprehensively on the support area and are not available on the documentation area
  • Hard to find tickets on the support repository. I use Google to find the support tickets. Support search needs improvement
  • Data layer and data workflow not documented logically as a unified process.

Most Important Features

  • DataGrid
  • TreeList
  • PivotGrid
  • Chart
  • Dialog widgets
  • Forms

Return on Investment

  • Cut development time in 2 years
  • The support team delivers a solution in less than 24 hours
  • Save thousands of dollars in development

Alternatives Considered

MUI X

Other Software Used

React, DHTMLX, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, PostgreSQL, Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft Excel

DevExpress, a powerful Visual Studio add-on

Incentivized
Craig CormierView profile
IT Manager in Information Technology at Anderson Power Products (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Quick Development
  • Powerful pre-built templates
  • Wide array of datasets supported

Cons

  • Documentation could be improved
  • Better examples of code in languages other than C
  • Better wizards for building applications

Return on Investment

  • Expansion of business apps
  • New powerful analysis

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

Other Software Used

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, Aptean Intuitive ERP, Event Management Framework

DevExpress Universal a comprehensive UI suite

Incentivized
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ours is an ERP product for small and enterprise users. Our product caters both offline and online solution with offline offering in .Net desktop and online in Angular. Due to massive size of input forms, reports and end user documents, providing a intuitive UI/UX with consistency across screens becomes a key feature.

Our complete frontend is build using DevExpress Universal controls, which we have customized to our needs to create our own library. These controls are being used to generate consistent user experience across all forms and reports. We are using DevExpress Universal document designed for enabling out end customer to generate their invoicing and other document formats.

Pros

  • Document designer is extremely powerful control
  • Controls ranging from form, report, document designer, charts, dashboards with consistent experience across multiple technology stacks
  • Documentation and extent of samples

Cons

  • Control performance can be improved, specially for .Net
  • Reporting controls can have ML algorithms inbuild into them

Most Important Features

  • Support for multiple tech stacks
  • Report and document designer controls
  • Easy customization of DevExpress Universal controls to create your own library,

Return on Investment

  • Release time for new UI Apps have dereased
  • Team can concentrate more on business functionality rather then specific UI functionality
  • Huge saving because of ready made functionality and available samples

Alternatives Considered

Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI

Other Software Used

MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, AWS Cloud9

A comprehensive library that offers pretty much everything needed

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using DevExpress Universal to address our needs both in thick clients and web interfaces.
Originally, we developed our own set of components, but while this gave us finer control over what is doable with them, it was too much of a hassle to maintain.
Also, end users are used to a level of functionality that we could not achieve unless we invested heavily.

Hence the reason to use a renowned library like DevExpresss Universal

Pros

  • The grid components
  • The spreadsheet
  • Flow panels

Cons

  • Better integration within the Angular CDK
  • Less bloat when deploying
  • Better granularity in the compiled package

Most Important Features

  • Support
  • Spreadsheet
  • Grids

Return on Investment

  • Better time to market
  • Needs a bit of onboarding for new recruits
  • The price is right for a team of 20

Other Software Used

Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Microsoft 365

DevExpress Universal Tool for .NET Applications

Verified User
Team Lead (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Provides rapid development of apps
  • Predefined template that is easy to integrate and use
  • Quick support for your queries

Cons

  • Stick with only .NET development not supported other framework like angular, react vue, etc.
  • Control elements were not properly documented on the websites
  • Price is higher than expected

Most Important Features

  • Richer interface that starts with small to up devices. It's is highly responsive for development asp.net MVC and asp.net applications.
  • Reporting tool is very rich with full features.

Return on Investment

  • It is good for asp.net application and it takes less time in development which we used two years back.
  • We have stopped with these tools when clients were asking applications to be built in angular or react. We have switched to Kendo.

Alternatives Considered

Progress Telerik UI

Other Software Used

Azure App Service