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  • Mobile

    Integrating your Windows Phone unit tests with MSBuild #3: The dedicated Test Runner Task

    First of all, let me wish you a very happy and productive 2011! May the good Silverlight forces be with you and let’s hope that this year will be full of technology excitements and challenges! For the ones who haven’t followed me until now – this is the third installment of a blog post series focusing on an automation infrastructure for the execution of unit tests for Windows Phone 7 with MSBuild. This blog focuses on the MSBuild task, part of the unit test automation infrastructure, that installs the unit test application on the Windows Phone 7 emulator and runs the...
    January 13, 2011
  • Mobile

    The RadControls for Windows Phone Showcase Series – part 1

    I cannot hide my excitement form the fact that even though RadControls for Windows Phone are still in a CTP stage, there are already a bunch of apps on the Windows Phone Marketplace, that are built with the suite. The application I’m showing you today is called HealthCaddy – your buddy if you are tracking health data points such as blood glucose, blood pressure and weight readings daily as part of your health and fitness goals. The main reading entry screen displays a quick snapshot of four most recent entries. Double-tap the graph and you’ll get to a full-screen version of the...
    January 06, 2011
  • Mobile

    Integrating your Windows Phone unit tests with MSBuild #2: Technical Overview

    Last week I started a blog post series that introduces our approach of automating the Windows Phone unit test execution on our build machines simply sharing the idea behind the automation infrastructure. I have also prepared a diagram that follows the automation process and have structured what I plan to share with you in the following weeks. Now, with the second post of the series I am going to make a more detailed technical overview of our infrastructure and give some reasons for choosing the discussed approach. The Dedicated Build Task and communication with the Windows Phone 7 emulator As already mentioned,...
    December 16, 2010
  • Mobile

    Going mobile – the UX perspective. Part 1 – be Metro

      We are proud that our controls are not only excellent development tools but they also excel in appearance, styling, great usability and overall user experience. This is a result of the united efforts of the whole team of our developers and us - the UX and UI designers here in Telerik. Our brand new RadControls for Windows Phone 7 and the all new Metro design guidelines bring so many new UX challenges that we thought it would be a good idea to share them with you and to hear your thoughts, which are of great value for us. This is the first...
    December 16, 2010
  • Mobile

    Find RadControls for Windows Phone on the Marketplace

    Now you can download RadControls for Windows Phone examples directly on your phone from the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. Check out the unique animations and page transitions, the Window, the UniformGrid and many other controls that can’t be found in the Microsoft Windows Phone toolkit. If you’d like to see the controls in action, check the Mood Swing application also available on the Marketplace. It is built with RadControls for Windows Phone, using RadWindow, RadWrapPanel, RadDatePicker and RadTimePicker. Mood Swing enables you to track your feelings and share them with the world in the most unique and elegant way. Just...
    December 15, 2010