If you are currently invested in LINQ to SQL and want to upgrade to Telerik OpenAccess ORM, with the new OpenAccess Q3 release you can do this quite easily. There is a new wizard included with OpenAccess that will automatically convert your LINQ to SQL classes to Telerik LINQ classes. Let’s take a look. I’ll start with a simple project that has a simple LINQ to SQL model in it: Northwind.dbml. It is mapped to the Northwind database tables. I created a simple web form that has a GridView on it. I decided that I would try to stump the wizard by writing a complex LINQ...

As we know, the RadSparklines are characterized by their small memory footprint, cleaner XAML and simple but powerful rendering. When looking at the sparkline controls in the context of a charting tool one has to note that they are much more simplified. They lack many of the visual elements, such as Axis lines, gridlines or striplines. This makes them much faster when rendered and very suitable when used in high data-intensity scenarios. One such scenario may be when using different types of sparklines bound to a ViewModel/class, which passes hundreds or even thousands of data points to the controls.   Since the RadSparklines...

Thanks to all those to attended Wednesday's Automated Testing in the Agile Environment webinar. If you missed the presentation you can catch it 24/7 on Telerik TV. Since we had some great questions asked during the session, I thought I would share them with the community! Q: Can't automated test execution take a long time as well? Is that just a time/project management issue? A: Sure depending on the number of tests and the complexity of the tests, they can take time as well - of course tests can be run during off hours and dispersed across multiple test ...

Back at the PDC 2009 in Los Angeles, CA, Brian Goldfarb showed off the “Microsoft Silverlight Client for Facebook Beta”. It was released by Microsoft in early 2010 and had millions of downloads for both Windows and the Mac. Over the past few months, the Facebook app has been further developed by Telerik and is now available as the first official version under its new name: Telerik f!acedeck. Telerik has taken over the application from Microsoft and will continue its further development and support as a free application for everyone to enjoy. Telerik f!acedeck delivers a superior experience to Facebook users and offers unique features: such as drag-and-drop from the...

At a special Firestarter event (part of which was and Telerik with the new Silverlight client for Facebook called "f!acedeck"), Microsoft unveiled what the next version of Silverlight will include. All I can say is that it will be a huge release - both in terms of easing the developer lives and for enabling even more rich user experiences (in-the-browser and especially out-of-browser). We can divide the new features that are coming in the runtime in two categories - 1) new media features and 2) features that are focused towards business application development. New Media features Hardware Decode and presentation of H.264 improve performance for lower-power devices to render...