Design Goal: Reduce the time to build; Increase the quality and richness
Our goal is to reduce the time that it takes you to build professional applications with our controls, while increasing the overall quality and feature richness that your applications can provide. Our user interface controls have been architected, rigorously developed and tested, and fully supported so that they provide you with a familiar API whether you're writing an ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, or Silverlight application. Reuse your knowledge and expertise as you move between technology platforms with the NetAdvantage® toolset that's right for you.
Developer Needs
Our UI controls deliver Office® look, feel, and functionality straight from the box, while allowing you to fully customize all aspects of the controls' behavior and appearance. Developers recognize the value of robust, tested, and supported controls which they can simply drop into their development tool and see immediate productivity benefits. But today developers are faced with additional challenges—specifically how to cope with rapid changes in technology. Today's developer often must work on Web projects while also developing desktop applications for Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation, and embracing Silverlight 3. NetAdvantage provides complete toolsets with which to build on; a complete framework to simplify and facilitate the move from one platform to the next.
In the end, the developer must continue to provide the user interfaces that users expect and find intuitive to use. In practical terms, this means providing end users with the latest look and feel of Microsoft® applications. Infragistics is committed to keeping in step with your needs and the NetAdvantage family of products are designed to let you easily replicate the look and feel of contemporary Microsoft environments in every detail. You can theme your application to be consistent with XP ("Royale"), Office 2003, Office 2007, Windows® Vista® ("Aero"), MacOS ("Aqua") and much more!
Architected for Tomorrow
Infragistics NetAdvantage toolset was architected from the ground up to let you deliver tomorrow's requirements with the technology of today. We take full advantage of the power of the Microsoft .NET Framework when designing our tools. Our WPF, Windows Forms and ASP.NET controls have been written completely in Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant C#. We maintain unprecedented stability, consistency, and fine-grained programmability. Our object models let you address every level of the object hierarchy, and rich event models let you code to precise end user actions from the keyboard, mouse, ink and other selection strategies.
Leveraged Learning
Because all our controls are built on our patented Presentation Layer Framework™, there is a single intuitive learning curve for developers that carries over from their Windows Forms to Web application development. You'll find an integrated development experience that will lead to a consistent user interface and end user experience. RAD designers and property sheets let you take control of the look and feel with little coding. Object model consistency means that once you've learned a control, you have acquired much of the knowledge you need to use any control.
More than Just Code
Developers certainly need great tools, but we provide more than just code. We provide high-quality on-line help, reference implementations such as Pomegranate for SharePoint®, a knowledge base, personalized support portal (My IG™), use case scenarios, and code-level developer support. With Infragistics your questions get answered.
For the most demanding development scenarios, subscribers to our Windows Forms and ASP.NET controls receive C# source code for all controls and designers. Drill into our controls at will, and dissect their architecture. Whether you're using source code to ensure the integrity of your project, as a learning tool, or as a base for making custom changes, our C# source code completes the circle.
Section 508 Compliance
On August 7, 1998, the President signed into law the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Subsection 508 requires that when federal departments and agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use Electronic and Information Technology (EIT), they ensure that the EIT allows federal employees and members of the public with disabilities to have access to and use of information and data.
If you are currently developing applications for the United States government or a US federal agency, Infragistics makes it easy to comply with application accessibility requirements and publishes information on our compliance through Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) you can download from our Section 508 Accessibility page. We're committed to Section 508 Accessibility, and with each new release we add greater compliance across our controls.
Putting a Face on Your Applications
It is estimated that 25% - 40% of all development is user interface development. This is the "face" of your applications, and often how end users judge your work. We streamline this aspect of your development allowing you to build professional-looking applications in a fraction of the time. Incorporate our data grids, charts, schedules, calendars, toolbars, explorer bars, trees, menus, tabs, editors, and more into all of your .NET application development. We can help you deliver your application user interface on time, on budget, and with exactly the look and feel your end users expect.