I shared our thoughts on the future of our XPO ORM Data Model Designer in https://supportcenter.devexpress.com/ticket/details/t1084770/moving-a-table-in-xpo-diagram-causes-visual-studio-2022-to-hang
Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, this is not the first and last time in the history of the XPO ORM Data Model Designer when we are dependent on the behavior of the Microsoft Modeling SDK (DSL tools, the design surface, panels, etc.), which is outside of our control.
Having carefully analyzed the team efforts to support new Visual Studio versions and react to breaking changes in the IDE architecture (extension loading, .NET Core, etc.), we are considering dropping the XPO ORM Data Model Designer support with v22.2. Another reason is the low performance of the tooling when dozens of classes with dozens of properties are displayed in the diagram.
We want to recommend the Code-First approach to our customers instead. To generate persistent classes from an existing database, we want to provide a console tool or Item Template/Wizard as it is now.
What do you think about this?
I have a couple of projects still using xaf webform and waiting for a better UI experience/functionality (detailview and grid) before updating
I hope you will like v22.2 enhancements to the list and detail view: https://www.devexpress.com/subscriptions/new-2022-2.xml#xaf
@dengara_gitlab will popups be resizable in 22.2? And what about notifications module?
Blazor popups are resizeable in code from v22.1: https://docs.devexpress.com/eXpressAppFramework/404014/ui-construction/templates/in-blazor/change-popup-window-dimensions?v=22.2. We had no Scheduler/Notifications in our v22.2 roadmap: https://community.devexpress.com/blogs/xaf/archive/2022/08/03/xaf-enhanced-navigation-and-grid-in-blazor-audit-trail-and-download-reports-media-data-in-web-api-v22-2.aspx