xaf and devextreme frameworks by devexpress

The magic of XAF

…now with more MVCDmitri Artamonov

BlueMetal ArchitectsDecember, 2013

WinForms?

WTF, Dmitri?

A SDLC as an Ironman triathlon

Clients need to get to a mindset where the business impact is figured out

XAF as the swimming pool

• Focuses on the business domain and domain-driven design (DDD)

• WinForms and ASP.NET are incompatible with new technologies, but the model transfers

• Clients don’t get hung up on UI implementation

• Fast and ugly is key

Key technology details

• No code generation, run-time resolution• XML-based UI configuration• Both WinForms and ASP.NET projects at the

same time• Mobile DevExtreme framework integration• Build the business logic and UI follows

…one last thing…

Companion Mobile Framework

• DevExtreme• Develop in HTML5/JS for

Android/iOS/Windows Phone/Tizen• Device simulators in Visual Studio• Don’t need additional DE’s to create

deployable packages (No Macs for iOS)• Knockout and Angular MVVM

DEMOXAF Stack

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