Software Development Skills

Generate and configure DevExpress Blazor AI Chat (DxAIChat) — an AI-powered chat UI for Blazor apps. Use for building conversational assistants, integrating providers (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Ollama, or custom), configuring system prompts and suggestions, streaming responses, attachments, Markdown rendering, and tool/function calling via custom IChatResponseProvider implementations. Also use for DxAIChat, AI chat component, LLM chat UI, OpenAI setup, and chat architecture comparisons or migration scenarios.

Generate and configure DevExpress Blazor Charts (DxChart, DxPieChart, DxPolarChart) for common chart types (line/bar/area/pie/donut/scatter/bubble/financial), data binding, axes, series, labels, tooltips, legends, annotations, zoom/pan, palettes, selection, and export/print. Also use for Blazor charts, data visualization, dashboards, and chart feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor ComboBox (DxComboBox) — a drop-down/select editor for Blazor Server, WebAssembly, and Hybrid apps. Use for data binding (sync/async), searching/filtering, grouping, virtualization, multi-column item lists, templates (item/edit box), validation in EditForm, Clear button and custom buttons, and cascading combo boxes. Also use for DxComboBox, combo box, dropdown, select, item picker, AllowUserInput, SearchMode, and editor feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Generate and configure DevExpress Blazor visualization components such as DxBarGauge, DxRangeSelector, DxSankey, DxSparkline, and DxMap. Use when building dashboards with gauges and range selection, Sankey flow diagrams, sparklines/mini charts, and interactive maps (data binding, labels, palettes, selection/hover/click events). Also use for bar gauge, range selector, Sankey, sparkline, map, and visualization feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor Grid (DxGrid) — a full-featured data grid for Blazor Server, WebAssembly, and Hybrid apps. Use when binding tabular data (IEnumerable/IQueryable/EF Core/server-mode/custom sources), enabling sorting/filtering/grouping/search, implementing CRUD editing (row/edit form/popup/cell), handling selection and focused rows, exporting to CSV/XLSX/PDF, customizing templates and summaries, and supporting large datasets with virtualization. Also use for DxGrid, DevExpress grid, Blazor data grid, virtual scrolling, server mode, and grid feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor Pivot Table (DxPivotTable) — an interactive pivot grid / cross-tab analysis component for Blazor. Use for pivot-style row/column aggregation (sum/count/avg/min/max), field layout (area/area index), date grouping (year/quarter/month), interactive filtering, and building analytical dashboards. Also use for DxPivotTable, pivot grid, pivot table, cross-tab, OLAP-style analysis, and pivot feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor Ribbon (DxRibbon) — an Office-style tabbed command UI for Blazor. Use when creating ribbon tabs, groups, and items; application menu (File); contextual tabs; toggle/check items and radio groups; and embedding editors like combo boxes, spin edits, and color palettes. Also use for DxRibbon, ribbon UI, Office ribbon, command bar, and ribbon feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor Scheduler (DxScheduler) — a calendar/appointment scheduling component for Blazor Server, WebAssembly, and Hybrid apps. Use for day/week/work-week/month/timeline views; data binding via DxSchedulerDataStorage and AppointmentMappings; appointment creation, editing, deletion, drag-and-drop and resize; recurring appointments (RecurrenceInfo / recurrence rules); resources (rooms/people); labels/statuses; and time/work-time configuration. Also use for DxScheduler, scheduler, calendar, appointment calendar, recurring appointments, and scheduling feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor Toolbar (DxToolbar) — an adaptive command bar for Blazor apps. Use when adding toolbars/command bars, configuring DxToolbarItem buttons, drop-down menus, overflow/adaptivity, icons/tooltips/links, checked and radio-group items, data binding, item templates (ChildContent/Template), and triggering actions like form submission. Also use for DxToolbar, DxToolbarItem, adaptive toolbar, overflow menu, command bar, and toolbar feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor TreeList (DxTreeList) — a hierarchical data grid / tree grid for Blazor Server, WebAssembly, and Hybrid apps. Use when displaying tree-structured or parent-child data; binding flat data with KeyFieldName, ParentKeyFieldName, and RootValue; expanding/collapsing nodes; sorting, filtering, search box, and filter panel; implementing CRUD editing for tree nodes; exporting to CSV/XLSX/PDF; loading child nodes on demand; and reordering/re-parenting nodes with drag-and-drop. Also use for DxTreeList, DevExpress TreeList, tree grid, hierarchical grid, parent-child table, and tree grid feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress AI-Powered Extensions for Office File API to add NLP-powered document processing capabilities — proofreading, translation, and text transformation for Word documents, PDF files, and PowerPoint presentations. Use when integrating AI language models (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Ollama, Google Gemini) with document processing workflows, translating documents programmatically, or proofreading documents with AI. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress AI", "AIIntegration.Docs", "AIDocProcessingService", "proofread Word document", "translate PDF", "AI document processing .NET", or asks about AI-powered document automation with DevExpress. Requires DevExpress v25.2+.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Barcode Generation API for generating barcode images programmatically. Use when generating QR codes, Data Matrix, Code 128, EAN, UPC, PDF417, Aztec, GS1 barcodes, or any 1D/2D barcode type. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Barcode", "BarCode", "DevExpress.BarCodes", "generate QR code C", "barcode image .NET", "create barcode programmatically", or asks about any barcode generation with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Excel Export Library for streaming generation of Excel files with low memory footprint. Use when generating large Excel reports, writing rows sequentially, building Excel files from data grids or report engines, or when the full Spreadsheet Document API would use too much memory. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Excel Export", "XlExport", "IXlExporter", "IXlSheet", "DevExpress.Export.Xl", "streaming Excel generation", "low-memory Excel", or asks about generating large Excel files efficiently with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress PDF Document API for creating, reading, editing, merging, signing, and extracting content from PDF files programmatically. Use when working with PDF documents, PDF generation, PDF graphics API, interactive PDF forms, digital signatures, PDF/A compliance, text extraction, image extraction, PDF merging/splitting, bookmarks, hyperlinks, annotations, or XMP metadata. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress PDF", "PdfDocumentProcessor", "PdfGraphics", "DevExpress.Pdf", "create PDF in C", "merge PDF .NET", "sign PDF", "extract text from PDF", or asks about any PDF automation with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Create, load, modify, secure, and print PDF documents using the new DevExpress.Docs.Pdf API — a modern object-oriented DOM approach for .NET. Use when building .NET applications that need to programmatically generate or edit PDF files using the new DevExpress PDF Document API (CTP). Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress.Docs.Pdf", "new PDF API", "PdfDocument class", "pdf fragment", "pdf pages collection", "pdf form fields", "pdf redaction", "pdf structure tree", "tagged pdf", "pdf/ua", "pdf encryption", "pdf annotations new API", or asks to migrate from PdfDocumentProcessor to the new API. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Presentation API for creating, reading, modifying, and exporting PowerPoint presentations programmatically without Microsoft Office. Use when working with .pptx files, slides, shapes, text, tables, slide masters and layouts, themes, slide backgrounds, notes, headers/footers, or exporting presentations to PDF. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Presentation", "Presentation API", "DevExpress.Docs.Presentation", "create PowerPoint in C", "pptx automation .NET", "merge presentations", or asks about any PowerPoint/presentation processing with DevExpress. Covers .NET.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Spreadsheet Document API for creating, reading, modifying, and exporting Excel workbooks programmatically without Microsoft Office. Use when working with .xlsx, .xls, .xlsm, .csv spreadsheet files, cell formatting, formulas, charts, pivot tables, data import/export, or workbook printing. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Spreadsheet", "Spreadsheet Document API", "IWorkbook", "Worksheet", "DevExpress.Spreadsheet", "create Excel file in C", "read xlsx in .NET", "spreadsheet export to PDF", "cell formatting", or asks about any Excel/spreadsheet automation with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Unit Conversion API for converting between metric and US units of measurement with type-safe fluent syntax. Use when converting distances, lengths, weights, temperatures, areas, volumes, speeds, or metric prefixes in .NET applications. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Unit Conversion", "UnitConversion", "DevExpress.UnitConversion", "convert units C", "metric to imperial", "length conversion .NET", or asks about any unit conversion with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Word Processing Document API for creating, reading, modifying, and exporting Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Office. Use when working with .docx, .doc, .rtf, .odt, .txt documents, paragraphs, tables, styles, mail merge, headers/footers, fields, track changes, or document conversion. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Word", "Word Processing Document API", "RichEditDocumentServer", "DevExpress.XtraRichEdit", "create Word document in C", "docx automation", "mail merge .NET", or asks about any Word/document processing with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Build .NET applications with the DevExpress Zip Compression and Archive API for creating, reading, and extracting ZIP archives programmatically. Use when creating zip files, extracting archives, compressing files or streams, adding password protection to archives, compressing byte arrays or .NET streams, or handling file conflicts during extraction. Also use when someone mentions "DevExpress Zip", "DevExpress Compression", "ZipArchive", "DevExpress.Compression", "create zip C", "extract zip .NET", "compress stream", or asks about ZIP/archive operations with DevExpress. Covers both .NET and .NET Framework.

Integrate DevExpress Report Viewer and Report Designer into ASP.NET Core MVC and Razor Pages. Configure Program.cs with AddDevExpressControls, ConfigureReportingServices. Set up npm bundling (bundleconfig.json, libman.json). Implement ReportStorageWebExtension, IReportProvider. Customize viewer toolbar, tab panel, export options, parameter editors. Security: authorization, CSRF, Content Security Policy. Report caching with UseCachedReportSourceBuilder. Deploy to Linux/macOS with Skia. Troubleshoot blank viewer, 400/404/500 errors, "Unable to process binding", "Report not found", CORS, version mismatches. Use when: add document viewer, end-user report designer, ASP.NET Core reporting, web farm document storage, upgrade DevExpress reporting packages.

Integrate DevExpress Report Viewer and Report Designer into Blazor Server, Blazor WebAssembly, and Blazor Web App. Register AddDevExpressServerSideBlazorReportViewer, AddDevExpressBlazorReporting in Program.cs. Configure DxResourceManager.RegisterScripts in App.razor. Components: DxReportViewer, DxDocumentViewer, DxReportDesigner, DxWasmDocumentViewer, DxWasmReportDesigner. Load reports via OpenReportAsync, ReportName. Customize toolbar, tab panel, parameter editors. Implement IReportProvider, ReportStorageWebExtension. Troubleshoot blank viewer, "Service not registered", missing render mode, Skia DllNotFoundException. Choose between native, JS-based, and WASM component families.

Create reports programmatically with DevExpress XtraReports runtime API (.NET and .NET Framework). Build XtraReport in code, add bands (DetailBand, GroupHeaderBand), controls (XRLabel, XRTable, XRChart), parameters, expressions. Bind to data sources, calculated fields, group reports. Export to PDF, Excel, Word, CSV, HTML, Images with ExportOptions. Master-detail, subreports, cross-tabs. Works cross-platform WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET Core, Blazor.

Expert skill for creating and modifying DevExpress XtraReport layout code in Visual Studio and JetBrains Rider — writing and editing .Designer.cs files, InitializeComponent structure, bands, controls, expression bindings, styles, parameters, and data source wiring. Use this skill whenever someone asks to create a DevExpress report, add controls to a report, modify a .Designer.cs file, fix designer-generated code, work with XRTable/XRLabel/XRPictureBox/bands, set up data binding expressions, define report parameters, or troubleshoot why a report won't open in the Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider designer. Also use when someone asks about XtraReports InitializeComponent patterns, report band hierarchy, Criteria Language expressions, summary functions, or JetBrains Rider report designer limitations.