Telerik blogs

Latest

  • Release

    Announcing RadControls for WindowsPhone Q3.11 Service Pack1 release

    Today we are releasing a Service Pack 1 of Q3.2011 release for RadControls for WindowsPhone. The files are available for download here. Among the fixes and improvements, based on the feedback we've got in the last month, we had the time to add and the following new features to the product:  - LiveTileHelper - with this helper you can easily create and pin LiveTiles from your application to the device home screen. The key feature we are adding on top of the standard live tiles in the Silverlight framework is the ability to create dynamic and custom designed tiles. All you need...
    December 21, 2011
  • Mobile

    Create beautiful and dynamic Live Tiles with Telerik LiveTileHelper

    Download the sample project here. In the quest of making Windows Phone developers life easier we decided to add a little addition to Telerik Windows Phone toolkit with the Service Pack that was announced today. One of the coolest things that were added in the Mango update of the Windows Phone OS was the support of secondary live tiles. With secondary live tiles you can add a link on the home screen of the device which can point to any Page inside your application. With the default support for live tiles that comes from the Silverlight framework you get a fixed template for the live tile...
    December 21, 2011
  • Productivity Testing

    New Video: Common Functional Testing Problems

    I’ve just posted up a new video on Telerik TV, Common Functional Testing Problems, which will help you understand three common issues people run in to when working with automation for web applications: JavaScript interfering with text injection into input fields Dynamic data (such as AJAX or Silverlight service calls) where Elements you need to interact with aren’t present on the page until after a service call completes The elements you need to interact with are on the page, but the content in them isn’t present until after the service call completes The video walks you through each of ...
    December 20, 2011
  • Productivity

    Live Data and Source Code in JustTrace

    Although it was only a month ago when JustTrace Q3 2011 was released, we've launched JustTrace Q3 2011 SP1 with two new major features: a completely redone “Live Data” view and the ability to view source code. In addition, a number of enhancements have been made, resulting in a smoother user experience. Visit the What’s New page for a list of all changes. Live Data View The Live Data view has been updated to provide visual information via charts representing CPU and memory usage. This enables you to visualize how the profiled application process is currently affecting performance and memory consumption. More importantly, you now see...
    December 20, 2011
  • Mobile

    Smartphone shipments outpaced PCs in ALL of 2011

    At the end of 2010, it was big news when all of the analyst firms reported that smartphone shipments had out-paced PC shipments in the final quarter of the year for the first time in history. Never before had the traditional PC been out-shipped by a different...
    December 20, 2011
  • Release

    What's next in 2012 for the Telerik AJAX and MVC products

    Now that the final major release of the Telerik DevTools division is behind our backs, it is time to make some preliminary plans for year 2012. The AJAX and MVC suites received important updates throughout 2011 and, as you probably expect, this trend will continue next year. One tad you need to have in mind is that the DevTools release will be shifted one month ahead, therefore it will be out in mid February, instead of mid March as it used to be. This means that you will get all that is slated for the next release sooner than you imagined....
    December 16, 2011
  • Release

    What's next in 2012 for the Telerik AJAX and MVC products

    Now that the final major release of the Telerik DevTools division is behind our backs, it is time to make some preliminary plans for year 2012. The AJAX and MVC suites received important updates throughout 2011 and, as you probably expect, this trend will continue next year. One tad you need to have in mind is that the DevTools release will be shifted one month ahead, therefore it will be out in mid February, instead of mid March as it used to be. This means that you will get all that is slated for the next release sooner than you imagined....
    December 16, 2011
  • People

    Telerik Welcomes Chris Sells

    We are thrilled about this week’s addition of Chris Sells to the Telerik team.  If you haven’t already heard, Chris, a world-renowned industry veteran, has joined Telerik as Vice President of the Developer Tools division.    His division will be responsible for a number of UI control sets – including WinForms, WPF, Silverlight and ASP.NET – as well as a number of tools – including the Just line, OpenAccess ORM, and Telerik Reporting.  They will be ensuring developers are making the most of existing platforms while staying well-equipped for the future.  Chris’ thoughts about his new role can be read on his...
    December 16, 2011
  • Release

    What's coming in Kendo UI next year (or, gimme the roadmaps!)

    November's Kendo UI release marked an important milestone for our product and resonated very well in the developer community, according to our humble opinion. We have got a lot of positive feedback from every social medium, as well as some constructive feedback which is already taken consciously...
    December 16, 2011
  • Web

    The Real Meaning Behind the IE Update Announcement

    The interwebs are ALIVE this morning with the fresh news out of Redmond.  A move that on the surface seems like a giant leap forward.  In reality though, it means very little. Microsoft announced today that they will be updating everyone to at least IE 8 or 9. ...
    December 15, 2011