Telerik blogs
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Creating ASP.NET AJAX client-side classes

    Does that subject looks lame or what! I'm trying to stop using the “Atlas” name -- it's ASP.NET AJAX now, and getting used to the new name is a major pain in the backside. Even though the official name Jessie-James-Garett-certified name is Ajax (note the capitalization), Microsoft chose AJAX. Anyway, I hope I'll get used to it eventually. So, how do you create a class in a language that has a classless object model? Why would you want to do that in the first place? Prototype-based object oriented programming is way more powerful than your grandma's classes that you are used...
    October 14, 2006
  • Web

    How to close Netscape 8.1.2.0 with JavaScript

    Hi there. I am still kicking. It has been some time since my last post as most of my efforts were concentrated on the quarterly release (which is a lame excuse). Anyway here is an interesting thing that I tackled a minute ago:The following script closes immediately the latest installment of Netscape:<html><body>    <div id="div1">        <div id="div2">        </div>    </div>        <button onclick="return CloseNetscapeNow()">Close Netscape</button>    <script type="text/javascript">        function CloseNetscapeNow()        {            var div1 = document.getElementById("div1");            var div2 = document.getElementById("div2");            div1.appendChild(div2);        }       </script></body></html>Just click the button and enjoy. It turns out that the appendChild method does not work very well when you try to add...
    October 12, 2006
  • People

    My first public speaking!

    Monday and Tuesday have been very exciting for me!  Rumen already mentioned the DevReach conference: I was not only an attendee -- this was my first speaking experience!  My talk was about building and testing Atlas components, so that you actually get a chance succeeding at a large JavaScript development project.  Maybe I am getting a bit arogant when it comes down to client scripting, but I am starting to believe that after working for telerik for 2.5 years, I think I have seen it all.  We maintain a huge JavaScript code base and our only chance of keeping our sanity was to naturally move to writing...
    October 11, 2006
  • Release

    r.a.d.controls - source code and redistribution

    In my last blog post about Q3 I forgot to mention two VERY VERY important benefits for customers: firstly, we changed the license agreement and secondly, we started to ship the source of the r.a.d.controls with every purchase of a Subscription license (the one that costs $999 per developer). Over the last few months many customers contacted us with questions about our redistribution policies as our license agreement wasn't very clear cut about what is acceptable and what isn't. If you remember, I blogged about this not long ago in an attempt to clarify our policies: Demystifying the telerik r.a.d.controls...
    October 05, 2006
  • Release

    Q3 2006 and what we've done in the last few months

    It's a late Sunday afternoon (actually, it's Monday as I started the post yesterday). The weather is great, everyone's out as its unusually hot and people are having a great time. I myself am in the office since early morning with part of our team but I love it! It's always really invigorating around releases as everything you've worked on for months stitches together and you can see it in its full beauty. And, for this release, we've got plenty of things coming. I haven't been so excited in a long time and I decided not to be selfish and...
    October 02, 2006
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Creating ASP.NET AJAX client-side classes

    Does that subject looks lame or what! I'm trying to stop using the “Atlas” name -- it's ASP.NET AJAX now, and getting used to the new name is a major pain in the backside. Even though the official name Jessie-James-Garett-certified name is Ajax (note the capitalization), Microsoft chose AJAX. Anyway, I hope I'll get used to it eventually. So, how do you create a class in a language that has a classless object model? Why would you want to do that in the first place? Prototype-based object oriented programming is way more powerful than your grandma's classes that you are used...
    October 14, 2006
  • Web

    How to close Netscape 8.1.2.0 with JavaScript

    Hi there. I am still kicking. It has been some time since my last post as most of my efforts were concentrated on the quarterly release (which is a lame excuse). Anyway here is an interesting thing that I tackled a minute ago:The following script closes immediately the latest installment of Netscape:<html><body>    <div id="div1">        <div id="div2">        </div>    </div>        <button onclick="return CloseNetscapeNow()">Close Netscape</button>    <script type="text/javascript">        function CloseNetscapeNow()        {            var div1 = document.getElementById("div1");            var div2 = document.getElementById("div2");            div1.appendChild(div2);        }       </script></body></html>Just click the button and enjoy. It turns out that the appendChild method does not work very well when you try to add...
    October 12, 2006
  • People

    My first public speaking!

    Monday and Tuesday have been very exciting for me!  Rumen already mentioned the DevReach conference: I was not only an attendee -- this was my first speaking experience!  My talk was about building and testing Atlas components, so that you actually get a chance succeeding at a large JavaScript development project.  Maybe I am getting a bit arogant when it comes down to client scripting, but I am starting to believe that after working for telerik for 2.5 years, I think I have seen it all.  We maintain a huge JavaScript code base and our only chance of keeping our sanity was to naturally move to writing...
    October 11, 2006
  • Release

    r.a.d.controls - source code and redistribution

    In my last blog post about Q3 I forgot to mention two VERY VERY important benefits for customers: firstly, we changed the license agreement and secondly, we started to ship the source of the r.a.d.controls with every purchase of a Subscription license (the one that costs $999 per developer). Over the last few months many customers contacted us with questions about our redistribution policies as our license agreement wasn't very clear cut about what is acceptable and what isn't. If you remember, I blogged about this not long ago in an attempt to clarify our policies: Demystifying the telerik r.a.d.controls...
    October 05, 2006
  • Release

    Q3 2006 and what we've done in the last few months

    It's a late Sunday afternoon (actually, it's Monday as I started the post yesterday). The weather is great, everyone's out as its unusually hot and people are having a great time. I myself am in the office since early morning with part of our team but I love it! It's always really invigorating around releases as everything you've worked on for months stitches together and you can see it in its full beauty. And, for this release, we've got plenty of things coming. I haven't been so excited in a long time and I decided not to be selfish and...
    October 02, 2006