I am in Europe this week and for the next three weeks, traveling from city to city and giving presentations on Windows 8.  Along the way I will be distilling these presentations into blog posts, adding in commentary about what I’m learning as I give the presentations.There are four presentations that I’m giving in total:Crash Course In Windows 8 ProgrammingWindows 8 Programming for .NET DevelopersTo 10 Things You’ll Love About Windows 8 ProgrammingCrash Course II – Beyond the Basics of Windows 8 ProgrammingLast evening I gave the second of these,  and as I often do, I begin with a core...

IntroductionWe all love pizza. I know that I do and several have speculated how it will be ordered in the future. Don’t take my word for it, check out the video below:Ordering Pizza in the Future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJl9EEcsoEWhile it may seem strange that in the year 2015 people are using Windows 98 to order pizza, it may be more realistic to say they will be using Windows 8 instead. So, let’s build a Windows 8 HTML app using several new controls that are part of Telerik’s Windows 8 UI Controls that we have not seen yet. They include: RadDropDownList, RadSlider and RadGauge. Before We...

   Telerik was  proud to be a Gold Sponsor at the very first Smashing Conference this week, held by our friends from Smashing Magazine. The Conference was located in Freiburg, Germany September 17th-19th. According to Wikipedia, the name Freiburg means "fortified town of free citizens". The town was found in 1120  by Konrad and Duke Bertold III of Zähringen as a free market town. Today Freiburg is known as an eco-city, and successfully manages to mix the medieval atmosphere of the region with the modern eco-friendly lifestyle.  The Freiburg Minster gothic cathedral dominates the central square of the city. Right next to it is...

Summary: In this post, I’ll share five practical tips (with code samples and illustrative videos) for making Kendo UI DataViz charts and graphs more accessible. These are things you can quickly and easily do in your own apps today to make it easier for disabled users to...

We are happy (well, and proud :)) to announce the public availability of our Windows 8 UI Controls Release Candidate, which allows you to build Windows Store-Ready Apps at no cost. This is an important milestone for us as we are getting closer to the official release and I just can’t wait to share what we have baked for you in this new release. Strictly following our commitment to deliver the same functionality to XAML and HTML developers all the new goodies are available for both environments. HubTile A screen of the First Look example in our Demo Center application Enrich your Windows Store...