In the previous post we discussed a host of different things to introduce everyone to the LOB Chronicles project as well as the technologies (both Microsoft and Telerik) that are involved.  With a combination of Silverlight, TeamPulse (build with the Telerik Xaml tools), RadControls for Silverlight, OpenAccess, and Test Studio, we’re ready to start planning out our application from the ground up.  Before we write code, though, we want to take a step back and consider just who we’re designing this software for - which is where our UX experts come into play. Why UX? This is a great question and one...

[Note: I covered this topic somewhat in my earlier post on maintainable tests; however, this concept is so critical, in my opinion, that it deserves a separate post. You’ll continue to hear lots about this practice from me as I write and speak more!] Test code should always be treated with the same care production code is – because test code IS production code! Your source code for your tests may not be deployed to your customers’ production servers, but it’s every bit as important as the components that are Approach the design, implementation, and maintenance of your ...

I know that some of you, fellow developers, are enjoying the hot summer days and took well-deserved vacations during this period of the year - spending them by the beach with an icy cocktail in hand and getting bronze tan. And I envy you a little for that :) But here, in the Telerik HQ, the working cycle constantly spins no matter what the odds and the weather are, and the time has come to share with you our AJAX and MVC Q3 2011 plans. AJAX Roadmap (View) Quick highlights Two new controls: Social Share and Org Chart New Metro skin (preview can...

I know that some of you, fellow developers, are enjoying the hot summer days and took well-deserved vacations during this period of the year - spending them by the beach with an icy cocktail in hand and getting bronze tan. And I envy you a little for that :) But here, in the Telerik HQ, the working cycle constantly spins no matter what the odds and the weather are, and the time has come to share with you our AJAX and MVC Q3 2011 plans. AJAX Roadmap (View) Quick highlights Two new controls: Social Share and Org Chart New Metro skin (preview can...

  Back in the days when the first WP7 developer devices were distributed to all enthusiastic developers it became clear that the out-of-the-box scrolling performance delivered by the ListBox control from the toolbox is not satisfying at all. In fact, having some richer data templates and UI virtualization all in one made the control almost unusable which forced many developers to either give up UI virtualization or simply reduce the contents of their templates to boost the scrolling performance and thus improve the end-user experience. Although the Performance Team @ Microsoft have released some nice and helpful hints on how to...