Telerik blogs
  • Productivity

    JustMock. The tale continues... (Part 2)

    [Want to see JustMock in action? Register for the free webinar this Thursday, Jul 22, 11 am EST and check out What’s New in JustCode, JustMock, and OpenAccess ORM. During the live event attendees will also have the chance to win a Telerik Ultimate Collection (valued at $1999).]   In JustMock. The tale continues... (Part 1) we saw how we can inject prologue/epilogue code in .NET methods with JustMock. We covered the most simplest scenarios and some more complex ones as methods with ref/out parameters. Today I will show you how to do code injections in generic methods. Basically there is nothing new. We are already familiar with: AtStartOfAction AtStartOfFunc AtEndOfAction AtEndOfFunc etc. and last time...
  • Release

    Telerik Reporting introduces OpenAccess ORM and ADO.NET Entity Framework data source components

    The Q2 2010 release of Telerik Reporting introduces two new data source components that are aimed at improving the integration with business applications utilizing the ADO.NET Entity Framework or the OpenAccess ORM. (You can see the new data source components in action in the free webinar tomorrow, Tuesday , Jul 20, 11 am EST. Just register for What’s New in Telerik Reporting and RadControls for WinForms. During the live event attendees will also have the chance to win a Telerik Ultimate Collection, valued at $1999). Prior to the Q2 2010 Telerik Reporting release, the only option for connecting a report to an existing entity model...
  • Release

    What's new in Telerik TileView control for Silverlight/WPF

    With the Q2 2010 release, RadTileView supports two major new features: Animation optimization By setting the IsAnimationOptimized property to True, you can turn on the animation optimization. This optimization should be used only when necessary i.e. in scenarios where the visual tree of the TileViewItem is quite large and the animations do not run smooth. Scrolling of the minimized items  If the sum of the minimized heights/widths of all minimized TileViewItems exceeds the available space, RadTileView will show a ScrollBar allowing you to scroll the minimized items.   This article will show you how to put a GridSplitter between the maximized item and the minimized item and...
    July 19, 2010
  • Release

    Visual Studio Extensions Q2 2010 Highlights

    At Telerik we take great pride in having the most comprehensible component suites on the market. We always strive to make our components easier and more pleasant to work with. When we first released the Visual Studio Extensions, we made a commitment to make being successful with our components as easy as possible. Here are some of my favorite new features: Keeping up to date In the past we offered a possibility to upgrade your existing projects using the latest versions available through our website. In addition to that functionality, we now let you check for new versions whenever you are...
  • Productivity

    TeamPulse Helps Your Team Follow Best Practices

    One of the features that has inspired the TeamPulse team over the years is Static Code Analysis. In Visual Studio 2010 (Premium and higher) you have the ability to have Visual Studio perform a check on your code to see how well your code conforms to different coding best practices. You can have Visual Studio check for how to best declare error handlers, or even making sure that you dispose of your objects before they go out of scope - it’s like having a fully automated code review without the need for anyone to actually review your code. What’s ...
    July 17, 2010
  • Productivity

    JustMock. The tale continues... (Part 2)

    [Want to see JustMock in action? Register for the free webinar this Thursday, Jul 22, 11 am EST and check out What’s New in JustCode, JustMock, and OpenAccess ORM. During the live event attendees will also have the chance to win a Telerik Ultimate Collection (valued at $1999).]   In JustMock. The tale continues... (Part 1) we saw how we can inject prologue/epilogue code in .NET methods with JustMock. We covered the most simplest scenarios and some more complex ones as methods with ref/out parameters. Today I will show you how to do code injections in generic methods. Basically there is nothing new. We are already familiar with: AtStartOfAction AtStartOfFunc AtEndOfAction AtEndOfFunc etc. and last time...
  • Release

    Telerik Reporting introduces OpenAccess ORM and ADO.NET Entity Framework data source components

    The Q2 2010 release of Telerik Reporting introduces two new data source components that are aimed at improving the integration with business applications utilizing the ADO.NET Entity Framework or the OpenAccess ORM. (You can see the new data source components in action in the free webinar tomorrow, Tuesday , Jul 20, 11 am EST. Just register for What’s New in Telerik Reporting and RadControls for WinForms. During the live event attendees will also have the chance to win a Telerik Ultimate Collection, valued at $1999). Prior to the Q2 2010 Telerik Reporting release, the only option for connecting a report to an existing entity model...
  • Release

    What's new in Telerik TileView control for Silverlight/WPF

    With the Q2 2010 release, RadTileView supports two major new features: Animation optimization By setting the IsAnimationOptimized property to True, you can turn on the animation optimization. This optimization should be used only when necessary i.e. in scenarios where the visual tree of the TileViewItem is quite large and the animations do not run smooth. Scrolling of the minimized items  If the sum of the minimized heights/widths of all minimized TileViewItems exceeds the available space, RadTileView will show a ScrollBar allowing you to scroll the minimized items.   This article will show you how to put a GridSplitter between the maximized item and the minimized item and...
    July 19, 2010
  • Release

    Visual Studio Extensions Q2 2010 Highlights

    At Telerik we take great pride in having the most comprehensible component suites on the market. We always strive to make our components easier and more pleasant to work with. When we first released the Visual Studio Extensions, we made a commitment to make being successful with our components as easy as possible. Here are some of my favorite new features: Keeping up to date In the past we offered a possibility to upgrade your existing projects using the latest versions available through our website. In addition to that functionality, we now let you check for new versions whenever you are...
  • Productivity

    TeamPulse Helps Your Team Follow Best Practices

    One of the features that has inspired the TeamPulse team over the years is Static Code Analysis. In Visual Studio 2010 (Premium and higher) you have the ability to have Visual Studio perform a check on your code to see how well your code conforms to different coding best practices. You can have Visual Studio check for how to best declare error handlers, or even making sure that you dispose of your objects before they go out of scope - it’s like having a fully automated code review without the need for anyone to actually review your code. What’s ...
    July 17, 2010