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    Create Blood Pressure Chart with RadChart for Silverlight

    This blog post will demonstrate how to achieve blood pressure graph visualization with the use of a RangeBar Chart type. Blood pressure is measured as two separate values - systolic (maximum) and diastolic (minimum). A common way to visualize these measures is a vertical bar with an arrow pointing the systolic (maximum) and an up arrow for the diastolic (minimum) respectively. It is measured several times over a period, as it’s important (from a clinical standpoint) to track any change in the values. For the purpose the default RangeBar’s Style is retemplated. The Width of the Bars (“PART_DefiningGeometry”) is reduced so that...
    September 14, 2011
  • Web

    Easy Charting with JavaScript and HTML5

    One of the coolest things that HTML5 brings to the table is technology for doing rich visualizations directly in the browser. Think about it. For years, web developers have been forced to do one of three things if they want to present a rich visual element...
    September 09, 2011
  • Web

    Checklist: Deciding When to Develop with HTML5 and JavaScript

    If there is one truism in software development it is that there are no silver bullets. There is no "perfect" platform that should be used to tackle every software challenge. Not HTML5/JavaScript. Not XAML/.NET. Not Flash/AIR. Not anything yet invented. As long as different software projects have different requirements, there will...
    September 08, 2011
  • 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
  • Web

    RadControls for Windows Phone Updates

    For those who have missed the news, our RadControls for Windows Phone Mango build is available for download here. We have made sure that our customers can be among the first to update their existing WP7 apps and submit them to the Mango marketplace. If you haven’t tried RadControls for Windows Phone yet, you are most probably wondering why you should use it at all given the free toolbox available. This two minutes video answers this...
    September 01, 2011