Hello and welcome to the second part of our “Getting Started” with Telerik’s Windows 8 UI Controls. In this post, we are going to specifically target Windows 8 Applications built using HTM5/JS/CSS3 and our new control suite. We are going to look at RadNumericBox and the various ways of adding it to a page, binding the control declarative and even wiring up event handlers. Let’s get started. Setting up Your Development Environment. Before diving in, you will need to setup your development environment. I created a “From Soup to Nuts” post that contains this information here. After that is complete...

I’ll be at PNSQC in Portland, Oregon from 8-10 October, 2012. I’m very excited to be attending – my paper on “Are We Failing at UI Automation?” was selected by the conference, so I’ll be hosting a session to discuss my points about the topic. The PNSQC folks are still offering up a $350 Early Bird discount which you can take advantage of here. Please drop me a line if you’re going to be attending. I’d love to meet up and talk testing! About the author Jim Holmes Jim Holmes has around 25 years IT experience. He is co-author ...

We know it’s not easy trying to get in on live webinars if you’re in Asia or Pacific time zones. If you’re in that region then you’ll be happy to hear that Telerik’s Dhananjay Kumar will be putting on a Test Studio webinar at 3pm IST on Wednesday, 22 August. DJ will be presenting an introduction to Test Studio and walking through solving common web automation problems. Read more about his webinar at his blog, then go register! About the author Jim Holmes Jim Holmes has around 25 years IT experience. He is co-author of "Windows Developer Power Tools" and ...

I am a huge proponent of writing quality code, a view that is shared by many of my colleagues. Unfortunately, I do encounter those who do not share my enthusiasm. Their view is often one of “Get It Done,” whereas I take the position of “Get It Done Right.” When discussing refactoring, the “Get It Done” developer often brushes it aside as a waste of time. I want to address that crowd, and anyone else who eschews refactoring, with my top 5 reasons why you should refactor your code. Enjoy! 5. Your Code Sucks Broken Bridge / jollyUK / CC BY How often do you write an...