The right knowledge and the right tools differentiate the .NET ninjas from the .NET laborers, and the ninja’s choice of Visual Studio productivity tools bestows to those who wield it more power than ever before. The Telerik JustCode Q2 2012 release is leading the way with features such as cloud synchronization and WinRT / Metro support. Last week, I hinted at three powers of the .NET Ninja you will obtain in this release. I will now reveal them, but there is much more. Be sure to attend next week’s webinar to see everything in action! The Cleaner – Prototype Cleaning The Sorcerer – Getting Started Wizard...

Today we bring you three interesting interviews. First, we talk to Todd Anglin on HTML5, jQuery, challenges in software development for mobile devices, and even the kind of exercise you get at TechEd.   Next, we stay on the mobile theme and talk to Doug Seven on his role of Vice President of “Black Ops” and future of mobile development, developer tools and how the cloud is changing it all.  

While speaking on a panel last week at the BizSpark European Entrepreneurship conference in London, I mentioned how in 1999 we raised $36m of Venture Capital at Zagat in order to get from idea (expressed in PowerPoint) to paying customers. I asserted that back then in the stone ages, you had to: buy lots of servers (usually at overcapacity if you had some peak and valleys in traffic), hire lots of expensive people, and spend a ton on marketing to reach the masses. Then I asserted that how those numbers started to change due to the cloud and the infrastructure around it (Skype, outsourcing, etc). I talked briefly...

I am happy to officially announce that the Q2 2012 release of Telerik's ASP.NET AJAX controls is out of our door and you can start using it in your applications immediately. Probably most of you have heard already the news from Telerik's press release. For the rest, hurry up and download a trial now or go to your account to get the licensed version. You can see what new features we have shipped with the Q2 2012 release by visiting our What's New page or by checking the release notes to get a better idea of what is fixed as well. I also would like to bring your...

It’s yet another super exciting moment here at Telerik. We are once again ready to present you the next version of Windows Forms, now available for immediate download with the powerful Q2 2012 release of RadControls for WinForms. The second major edition of our toolbox for 2012 is packed with three brand-new controls, a slew of essential enhancements to the theming mechanism performance and memory usage, as well as various accessibility improvements. Top new features across the Telerik’s WinForms suite include: RadChartView - New lively chart control The brand new ChartView control coming out-of-the-box facilitates data visualization, achieving stunning visual effects. On the...