Infragistics WPF control Suite
I'm impressed, very impressed!
Yesterday Infragistics released their WPF control suite. The suite contains:
- WPF grid.
- Carousel controls. (See image below)
- A few editors that are missing from the WPF stock control package.

Before I say anything more about these new controls, I just want to share some of my previous experiences with Infragistics. I have worked with Infragistics for a couple of years and have gone through several iterations of their NetAdvantage suite. On one hand their controls allow you do do almost anything, but on the other hand they might seem a little overwhelming. At least once you get a grip on things they are consistent. One issue that have plagued the previous versions is poor documentation. With a control suite of this complexity it is imperative that they come with in-depth documentation to get the developers up to speed. IMHO, Infragistics have failed in this area. That is, until now. The documentation that ships with the WPF suite is excellent. This is escpecially important in my opinion, since at least for the foreseable future most deveopers wanting to use these controls will be in the middle of the WPF learning curve and any aditional learning overhead that can be avoided should be avoided.
Here's an online demo app that demonstrates the new controls. (The sample requires .NET 3.0)
If you don't have .NET 3.0 installed and just want to watch a video click on the image below: