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  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Company Achieves ROI of 15x the Initial Cost with Telerik’s ASP.NET MVC Extensions - Case Study

    Paylocity, a leading US online employment services firm recognized by multiple industry ratings, knew their Time and Labor Management product, Paylocity Web Time, needed a strong competitive advantage, if it was to stay successful in the crowded market for web-based employment services. This is why the development team undertook an aggressive project on improving the product. Project requirements and objectives: Make the product more intuitive in order to increase user productivity Update product in a manner that would take advantage of modern technologies and add support for tablets and phones Redesign the interface to achieve a sleeker look and feel Build...
    September 06, 2011 2 min read
  • Release

    Q3'11 Telerik AJAX/MVC Roadmaps

    I know that some of you, fellow developers, are enjoying the hot summer days and took well-deserved vacations during this period of the year - spending them by the beach with an icy cocktail in hand and getting bronze tan. And I envy you a little for that :) But here, in the Telerik HQ, the working cycle constantly spins no matter what the odds and the weather are, and the time has come to share with you our AJAX and MVC Q3 2011 plans. AJAX Roadmap (View) Quick highlights Two new controls: Social Share and Org Chart New Metro skin (preview can...
    August 10, 2011 2 min read
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC – Getting Started with the Chart

    With the release of Q2 2011 we here at Telerik are proud to announce the Chart Extension for ASP.NET MVC. This component has been designed from the ground up with a high focus on performance and cross-browser compatibility and is based off of SVG and VML (for browsers that do not support SVG). Many of you are probably interested in how you can start working with the chart and this blog post should help guide you along the first couple of steps. Server Binding Out-of-the-box the chart component can very easily bind to any supplied model on the server. If the view...
    July 14, 2011 7 min read
  • Release

    Improved Upgrade Wizard

    When creating our Visual Studio Extensions, accelerating development with our components has been the number one goal. One of the VS Extensions’ core components is the Upgrade Wizard. The task it was designed to fulfill is making the mundane job of updating your projects faster and easier. As the Upgrade Wizard has been in the wild for quite some time now, we’ve received a lot of feedback from customers using our various products. Even though it has been doing a pretty good job, there is always room for improvement. The two most popular feature requests were: Add support for upgrading Class Library...
    July 13, 2011 2 min read
  • Release

    Telerik Q2 2011 ASP.NET AJAX/MVC release

    The Q2'11 Telerik Developer Tools release has finally arrived! Welcome the new components and features are integrated into our AJAX and MVC suites and announced a couple of weeks ago: AJAX Q2'11 Beta | MVC Q2'11 Beta But wait, that is not all...there is more :) We put a few hidden gems up our sleeve to get you even more thrilled when you get your hands on the fresh downloads. Wanna know what they are? Read below to find out. MVC Line Chart The brand new MVC chart introduces support for line series in addition to its...
    July 13, 2011 2 min read