Dev-Express Framework Overview (XAF)

A software can be developed either by create a software from scratch or configure a universal product based on company needs. XAF is lies between these two scenarios, developers still need to write code, but a great deal of it has already been completed for them. XAF gives them a development platform that makes it much easier to develop business applications. These are the applications described at the beginning of this overview - those designed to enter, store, browse, analyze, print data, or if needed, organize company workflow. If you are trying to build an application of another type - a game, a graphic editor, a word processor, etc. - the XAF will not help you.

Of course, the XAF was initially designed to address issues that take place when you develop an application from scratch. Thus, the main goals of the XAF technology are:

• Easily re-use the same business logic in applications designed for different platforms (Windows Forms and ASP.NET). 
• Provide data-to-UI construction algorithms. This means that you do not need to manually create a lot of similar forms for data browsing and editing. This also makes it easy to maintain applications, since if you change data, you do not have to modify numerous forms and/or web pages - it is done automatically.
• Hide data management details. You will not have to deal with any DBMS or use ADO.NET to access data. The XAF gives you a higher-level tool for data management. This tool makes it easy to store your data using any popular DBMS, without having to be familiar with it in detail. It is also easy to change the target database management system.
• Makes it extremely easy to create business applications designed to store and view data.
• Allows applications to be created using any .NET language.
• There are more features that make the XAF the best option.
• It is easily extensible.
• The quality of major constituent parts is guaranteed. The eXpress Persistent Objects used as the Object-Relational Mapping tool and visual components from the DXperience Subscription are all leading products of their kind. So, they are well-tested and highly reliable. 

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