Last week we posted a primer on the DataSource and Models that are available in the Beta 2 release.  The post showed some basic operations with the models.  Today we follow up with a more in-depth look at the DataSource doing actual CRUD operations and generating views. Views In...

I love mobile computing. A lot of innovation has emerged in this area lately with Microsoft's WP7 Mango, Apple's iOS 5 and Google's Ice Cream Sandwich all making waves in the last few months. The devices that these operating systems power have become an important part of many people's daily routine. I myself just recently spent close to 1,000 dollars on a new smartphone, justifying it to my spouse by arguing that I spend more time on my phone then I do on my computer (Not quite true, but let's keep that our little secret, shall we?). The great thing ...

Once again the Telerik RadControls for Silverlight have been noticed, and in a big way!  During the fall DevConnections the judges looked long and hard at all of the ASP.Net and Silverlight control suites on the market and decided that our humble suite would be the winner.  Check the post here from 'Connections for the group shot of our our staff at the conference. Of course, people are probably wondering just why the RadControls for Silverlight won, after all, there is a lot of competition on the market.  So as one of the Xaml Evangelists here at Telerik I put together a short...

Sharing on social networks has become a very powerful tool to make your website popular and to boost its traffic. We have made it easy to allow people to share content on social networks and via email by creating the new RadSocialShare control for ASP.NET AJAX. The control will officially be available in the Q3 2011 release later this month, but you can test drive it now in the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q3 2011 BETA. Main features: Allows sharing the current page or a custom URL on different social networks. You can easily customize the sharing content –...

The last time we all got together we were discussing some of the options available to us while utilizing RadGridView. Utilizing built-in functionality we could easily add pre-defined grouping to our grid as well as set custom cell styles and rules for what template will display, all without leaving our Xaml. This week, we’re going to look at another major control that is being utilized in the CRM demo to help keep track of activities – RadScheduleView. This control is used across the modules of the application for activities display, plus due to the architecture of the...