Provides all the data services needed to build WPF, WinForms, ASP.NET, and Silverlight applications. DevForce Universal is a combination of the value and features found within DevForce WinClient and DevForce Silverlight products. DevForce WinClient enables developers to build applications in a fraction of the time and reduces code and maintenance costs, it enables the Entity Framework to operate n-tier and move business objects to the client, dramatically improving application responsiveness and scalability, while allowing offline operation. DevForce Silverlight enables you to build data-intensive rich internet applications quickly. With DevForce Silverlight, you write your Silverlight application on top of a rich business object model that executes on both the client as well as the server.
Build Enterprise applications quickly and easily. DevForce WinClient saves months of effort by providing the data infrastructure you need for building an enterprise application. It fills the gap between the low-level services provided by .NET and the higher-level functions needed by application developers. This enables developers to build applications in a fraction of the time and reduces code and maintenance costs. DevForce enables the Entity Framework to operate n-tier and move business objects to the client, dramatically improving application responsiveness and scalability, while allowing offline operation. It carries forward most of the features and all of IdeaBlade's experience from DevForce Classic dating back to 2001.