For you community dwellers, this may not be new news – but we are very excited to officially publicize our Telerik Insiders Program:  a speaker’s bureau for the community run by Telerik. The Insiders Program is comprised of 14 (thus far) passionate and influential speakers conducting a variety of sessions at community events and user groups. Check out their profiles and abstracts here and our FAQ page for detailed information. Even more exciting news - we’ve expanded this program into the European and Australian markets! (Check out today's Press Release for details) There we will continue our commitment to supporting the local developer community, with upcoming sessions at events...

A population pyramid, also called an age structure diagram as defined by Wikipedia is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population (typically that of a country or region of the world). It typically consists of two back-to-back bar graphs, with the population plotted on the X axis and age on the Y axis, one showing the number of males and one showing females in a particular population in five-year age. Although there are different types of population pyramids this blog post will demonstrate how to create such pyramid using the RadChart’s Horizontal Bar type....

See also: ·         Part I: How I started to use Scrum ·         Part II: Scrum, but ·         Part III:  Moving away from Scrum In Part I we looked at how I got into Agile and Scrum. In Part II we explored how Scrum failed to be flexible enough to fit into my unique process. In Part III we took a look at how I got introduced to Kanban, without even knowing it. Today we’ll take a quick look at what Kanban is. Kanban is a Japanese word that loosely translated means “signal card.”  Kanban’s underlying thesis is that by using signal cards at various points in the production process to indicate the amount of work...

Ever dreamed of being able to step away from your desk for a while without negatively impacting your capacity? What if you could answer the phone without interrupting your coding flow? Well, now you can. True to our commitment to facilitate effortless software development, we are pleased to announce the launch of an Autopilot Mode for Telerik’s Visual Studio productivity add-in, JustCode. This new mode enables you to deliver unmatched efficiency gains, while helping you identify flawed coding logic on the spot. By relying on complex pattern-matching algorithms and semantic analysis, Telerik JustCode can derive an understanding from your unique coding...

Sounds simple enough right? Unfortunately, I missed that lesson after being introduced to SCRUM, which I thought was actually called “Agile”. Why unfortunately? Well, this lesson in Agile 101 was taught to me by a potential client. Here’s how the conversation went: Client: “So, what sort of development methodologies does your team use?” Me: “Agile methodologies. They really work well for us.” Client: “Oh really? Which methodology?” Me: “Uh…Agile?” Client: “I know that, but I mean what type of agile development you do?” Me: “The one with Scrum meeting, I suppose.” Client: “You mean Scrum?” Me: “Yeah. Scrum…that makes sense.” ...