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    R2 Release Webinar is Live on TTV!

    If you missed the Release Webinar for Test Studio’s 2012 R2 release, never fear! You can find a video of it now on Telerik TV. I hope you find the video a useful overview of a few of the great features we’ve included in this release. Enjoy! About the author Jim Holmes Jim Holmes has around 25 years IT experience. He is co-author of "Windows Developer Power Tools" and Chief Cat Herder of the CodeMash Conference. He's a blogger and evangelist for Telerik’s Test Studio, an awesome set of tools to help teams deliver better software. Find him as ...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
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    MobilityDay 2012 Official Windows 8 App Developed with Telerik Windows 8 UI Controls

    MobilityDay 2012 Official Windows 8 app is the next app built with the Telerik Windows 8 UI controls. In case you’ve missed this piece of information, the last version of the suite is Release Candidate, which means that it is still free, but you can submit apps to the store. And you know how important it is to be among the first out there. You can download Telerik Windows 8 UI controls here. Mobility Day 2012 Conference targets business decision makers and IT professionals who are involved in business and technical aspects of mobile solutions. It will be held on Sept...
    May 27, 2021 1 min read
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    Why I am Starting a Hybrid Development Accelerator

    I often get the question, “why the focus on hybrid development for your accelerator?” This question has come up more and more as Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook’s focus on HTML5/hybrid development was a mistake. As I argued over a year ago on this blog, it is mistake to bet exclusively on native or hybrid since some Apps will call for a native approach and some will call for a hybrid approach. Projects that need maximum performance and hardware interaction will require a native approach (medical scanning/rendering apps and some games come to mind) and projects that require larger reach and very fast time to market require a hybrid...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
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    Bad code exposed! Do you really know when your code smells?

    I’ve seen really bad code in my day. I have seen it in legacy code bases, code reviews on greenfield projects, and worse: I’ve even seen it in my own code. In fact, I can open up just about any open source project and immediately detect the existence of potentially bad code. I am not bragging… it is not as though I am incredibly gifted or that I have superhuman powers. I’ve experienced enough issues from bad code to intuitively pick up on much of it, and the rest of my knowledge comes from reading books on the subject of writing...
    May 27, 2021 5 min read
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    Smashing Conference Mixes Art History and the Art of Web Development

       Telerik was  proud to be a Gold Sponsor at the very first Smashing Conference this week, held by our friends from Smashing Magazine. The Conference was located in Freiburg, Germany September 17th-19th. According to Wikipedia, the name Freiburg means "fortified town of free citizens". The town was found in 1120  by Konrad and Duke Bertold III of Zähringen as a free market town. Today Freiburg is known as an eco-city, and successfully manages to mix the medieval atmosphere of the region with the modern eco-friendly lifestyle.  The Freiburg Minster gothic cathedral dominates the central square of the city. Right next to it is...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read