When it comes to building professional, high-performance .NET applications, the tooling you use is just as important as the code you write. For developers working within the Microsoft ecosystem, is widely regarded as the gold standard for third-party user interface (UI) components. Whether you are building WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET, or Blazor applications, DevExpress provides a robust suite of controls that can drastically reduce development time.
Before starting the installation, ensure your environment meets these requirements:
Visual Studio 2019 has limited design-time support for .NET Core/5/6 WinForms and WPF. DevExpress supports it starting from v20.2. To fix: install devexpress in visual studio 2019
Navigate to the DevExpress Download Manager and log in with your account credentials.
: You need at least v18.1.11 or v18.2.7 . Current versions like v24.1 or higher also support Visual Studio 2019. When it comes to building professional, high-performance
To activate your trial or commercial license:
To make it useful, add this in Form1_Load : : You need at least v18
Click . The progress bar will move through two phases: