We have updated our MVC Forum sample application to use the official ASP.NET MVC 1.0, RadControls for ASP.NET Ajax Q1 2009 and the latest installment of Telerik OpenAccess ORM. Online demo | Download...

Starting from the Q3 '08 release, the jQuery library is an integral part of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. We've posted instructions on how to use the included version in your code and how to enable IntelliSense. The bad news is that the instructions for enabling IntelliSense no longer work with the Q1 '09 version. The reason is that Visual Studio 2008 has a problem with parsing the jQuery library from version 1.3 and up. This required us to come up with a new way to enable IntelliSense. The good news is that the new approach is much cleaner and doesn't require external...

If you are looking for a way to get up to speed on the latest technology, you should consider the devLink Technical Conference (www.devlink.net).  This event has been around since 2006, bringing hundreds of people the chance to learn and grow.  This is a full three day conference featuring industry experts talking about a variety of relevant topics for developers, architects, database administrators and even project managers.  You might think an event like this would cost $1000 or more, but you would be wrong.  As a matter of fact, the most amazing thing about devLink is the price.  At $100 a...

This Thursday (April 2, 2009), I will be presenting a webinar on the RadScheduler for WinForms.  I will demonstrating some of the features and benefits that you can see in the RadScheduler.    In this webinar, Telerik Evangelist John Kellar will introduce you to Telerik's RadScheduler for WinForms. Have you had a need to build scheduler functionality into your applications? If so, then this webinar is for you. The RadScheduler offers a variety of features like iCal support, multiple view options and an out of the box appointment dialogs.  John will provide an overview of RadScheduler and help you understand all...

Silverlight 3 Beta for developers was unveiled at MIX09 last week. We created a separate build of Telerik RadControls for Silverlight3. Download the bits here (it is available in your client.net account under Downloads > RadControls for Silverlight > Latest Internal Builds). There are no new features to the controls, only that they are compiled against the Silverlight 3 runtime. You can download the controls now and enjoy the latest features added to the Microsoft Silverlight3 platform. Please note that Silverlight3 is a developer beta release only! This means there is no “go-live” licensing available and the end-user runtime of Silverlight 3 is not available. If you have any feedback on what you would like...