Tag: App Dev

Release
Telerik Windows 8 UI Controls Release Candidate – Build Windows Store-Ready Apps at No Cost

Today we are pleased to announce the Release Candidate of Telerik UI Controls for Windows 8 development. One of the highlights of the release is the addition of two new controls, Pagination and HubTile, for both HTML and XAML environments. In addition, the suite gets improvements such as Design-time support for XAML and numerous performance enhancements. With this version of the suite (as well as with the previous Beta) you can build Windows store-ready apps at no cost. Hurry up, get your app to the store first; being first has huge advantages! There are already a number of certified apps on...

by Ina Tontcheva
May 27, 2021 3 min read Share
Desktop WinForms
Pick & Read with Bookshelf – Our New Modern Style App created with WinForms

The fast approaching Microsoft’s much-anticipated launch of Windows 8 caused quite a stir in creating Modern UI style applications these days. That’s why we decided to present you Bookshelf - our new demo app created with RadControls for Winforms. This is a Modern UI style application coming with full touch support using the irreplaceable Windows Forms technology. Please welcome the Bookshelf demo application: The application downloads all the book details' data utilizing an Ebay web service and then displays all titles as tiles sorted in different categories with the help of RadPanorama. All screens have touch scrolling functionality that comes out of...

by Nikolay Diyanov
May 27, 2021 2 min read Share
Web
Create an Appointment Tracking App with RadDatePicker & RadTimePicker.

We all have a variety of uses for collecting Date and Time information from a user. For example, tracking the time a patient arrives and departs from a hospital, to when a car was returned at a local car rental location to tracking expense reports. One of the controls that you may have found missing with Windows 8 XAML applications is the Date/Time Picker control. While the control exists for Windows 8 HTML Applications, it is very limited in its initial state. That is one of the reasons that Telerik has decided to make a more robust Date/Time Picker control and...

by Michael Crump
May 27, 2021 7 min read Share
People
Accelerator 2.0

Over the past year I have been a mentor at an accelerator called Haxlr8r. Haxlr8r, based just north of me in Shenzhen, China, is a unique accelerator since it is the only accelerator to focus exclusively on hardware startups. The targeted hyper-focus of the cohort paid dividends as everyone is in the same space and learned from each other and shared their experiences. That got me thinking, why not do the same for software!?!? Over the past few months, I’ve been helping organize the first ever early-stage startup accelerator in Hong Kong. This accelerator is not like any of its kind. It is the only accelerator to...

by Steve Forte
May 27, 2021 2 min read Share
People
Time to Cast Your Vote! Tell DevPro Connections and Windows IT Pro why Telerik is Your Choice

It’s that time of year when DevPro Connections and Windows IT Pro opens up the polls to the community at large to share support for your favorite products and services. Of course, we know that Telerik has a very loyal community – whether it is because our technology solved a particularly difficult challenge or our support team was always at the ready or maybe you just like our ninja style! It could also be that you’re looking forward to our capabilities around Windows 8 (details to follow). Whatever the reason, we’re asking you – our loyal community – to once again give...

by Vassil Petev
May 27, 2021 2 min read Share