Metrostyle Dashboard

There was a requirement from a corporate client to create a metro style dashboard (don’t confuse with metro style apps) for there existing application created in WPF platform. When you say Metro Style Dash board it should looks like windows 8 looks like tile based user interface.

Good news is that Dev Express and Infragistics have already come up with controls that support Tile based metro style dashboards. Developers don’t need to re invent the tile based programming. Rather than come up with custom coding with high malignance and lots of coding we can experiment these cool features provided by DevExpress and Infragistics.

Dev Express – Dev Express Tile Layout Control provides a frame work where we can easily develop tile based UI with few line of code. Please check the link - http://documentation.devexpress.com/#WPF/CustomDocument10996

Infragistics - also has XamTilemanager with encapsulate most of the complexity of tile based development. We can have a nice tile managed UI with few line of code with dynamic loading and drag and drop functionalities. Please check the link -  
http://www.infragistics.com/community/blogs/atanas_dyulgerov/archive/2011/01/01/xamtilemanager-new-control-in-the-xaml-line-of-business-product-shipped-with-the-11-2-release.aspx