Telerik blogs
  • Web

    Checklist: Deciding When to Develop with HTML5 and JavaScript

    If there is one truism in software development it is that there are no silver bullets. There is no "perfect" platform that should be used to tackle every software challenge. Not HTML5/JavaScript. Not XAML/.NET. Not Flash/AIR. Not anything yet invented. As long as different software projects have different requirements, there will...
    September 08, 2011
  • Productivity

    Using Email Notification in TeamPulse

    One of the new features introduced with TeamPulse R2 2011 is the Email Notifications.  With this feature we aimed to improve how TeamPulse handles the most important pillars in the Agile process – collaboration and communication. With TeamPulse R2 2011 you can now subscribe to receive email updates whenever a work item (user story, bug, issue, or risk) is updated. This way you can automate the process of tracking work item progress and save time.  With Agile teams, the desired method of communication is face to face discussions, but with today’s distributed teams, this is not always easy to do ...
    September 07, 2011
  • Mobile

    Exciting WP7 Marketplace Statistics Revealed

    Telerik RadControls for WP7 is the most widely used commercial UI suite on the marketplace. Says who? Says Justin Angel. The man kindled the WP7 dev world with exciting Marketplace statistics. He has downloaded all Windows Phone 7 XAP’s using the Windows Phone 7 marketplace API’s and has answered a bunch of questions that preoccupy a lot of Windows Phone devotees’ minds. Justin found out that 97% of the apps on the Marketplace are not obfuscated and that the Silverlight platform accounts for 90% of the WP7 apps compared to 10% for XNA. There is a very interesting piece of information about...
    September 07, 2011
  • Productivity Testing

    An Introduction to Performance Testing

    If you've been monitoring our roadmap or other announcement channels, you may have heard we’re bringing performance testing to Test Studio. This is a pretty exciting step for us, and it lets us bring some great functionality to help you continue to boost the quality of the software you’re delivering. I thought I’d take some time to lay down some of my opinions and experiences around performance testing in general as a bit of a lead in to later posts which will showcase our performance testing functionality. I’ll be writing a number of posts over the next few weeks to ...
    September 06, 2011
  • People

    Many reasons to vote for Telerik in the DevProConnections Awards

    "And honestly, I say this without any reservation. In my four years of involvement with Telerik, the company and it's employees have been the best, most respectful, and willing to help group I've ever worked with. When I'm asked to do something, I just do it, and I want to keep this relationship going... It is just a joy to work with you. So glad to be part of the team!" Ben Hayat, Telerik MVP Everyone has his reasons to love Telerik. What are yours? Do we make you look...
    September 06, 2011
  • Web

    Checklist: Deciding When to Develop with HTML5 and JavaScript

    If there is one truism in software development it is that there are no silver bullets. There is no "perfect" platform that should be used to tackle every software challenge. Not HTML5/JavaScript. Not XAML/.NET. Not Flash/AIR. Not anything yet invented. As long as different software projects have different requirements, there will...
    September 08, 2011
  • Productivity

    Using Email Notification in TeamPulse

    One of the new features introduced with TeamPulse R2 2011 is the Email Notifications.  With this feature we aimed to improve how TeamPulse handles the most important pillars in the Agile process – collaboration and communication. With TeamPulse R2 2011 you can now subscribe to receive email updates whenever a work item (user story, bug, issue, or risk) is updated. This way you can automate the process of tracking work item progress and save time.  With Agile teams, the desired method of communication is face to face discussions, but with today’s distributed teams, this is not always easy to do ...
    September 07, 2011
  • Mobile

    Exciting WP7 Marketplace Statistics Revealed

    Telerik RadControls for WP7 is the most widely used commercial UI suite on the marketplace. Says who? Says Justin Angel. The man kindled the WP7 dev world with exciting Marketplace statistics. He has downloaded all Windows Phone 7 XAP’s using the Windows Phone 7 marketplace API’s and has answered a bunch of questions that preoccupy a lot of Windows Phone devotees’ minds. Justin found out that 97% of the apps on the Marketplace are not obfuscated and that the Silverlight platform accounts for 90% of the WP7 apps compared to 10% for XNA. There is a very interesting piece of information about...
    September 07, 2011
  • Productivity Testing

    An Introduction to Performance Testing

    If you've been monitoring our roadmap or other announcement channels, you may have heard we’re bringing performance testing to Test Studio. This is a pretty exciting step for us, and it lets us bring some great functionality to help you continue to boost the quality of the software you’re delivering. I thought I’d take some time to lay down some of my opinions and experiences around performance testing in general as a bit of a lead in to later posts which will showcase our performance testing functionality. I’ll be writing a number of posts over the next few weeks to ...
    September 06, 2011
  • People

    Many reasons to vote for Telerik in the DevProConnections Awards

    "And honestly, I say this without any reservation. In my four years of involvement with Telerik, the company and it's employees have been the best, most respectful, and willing to help group I've ever worked with. When I'm asked to do something, I just do it, and I want to keep this relationship going... It is just a joy to work with you. So glad to be part of the team!" Ben Hayat, Telerik MVP Everyone has his reasons to love Telerik. What are yours? Do we make you look...
    September 06, 2011