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    Creating a Windows 8 Application From Scratch

    Phil Japikse, Michael Crump and I set out to create three related applications from scratch.  That is, a Windows 8 version written in XAML with C# (me), a Windows 8 version written in JavaScript (Phil) and a Windows 8 Phone version (Michael).  The idea behind the application was summed up in an email by Phil, paraphrased here: The main goal of the application is to show off our controls The business purpose of the application is to allow Telerik Evangelists to gather information from conference attendees   The design will allow us to: Enter demographic information for raffle registration Enter demographic information for...
    November 15, 2012
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    XAMLflix presents RadPivotGrid for WPF and Silverlight

    IntroductionHello everyone!As you may have read in the latest issue of the Telerik Newsletter, we are proud to announce a brand new XAMLFlix episode on RadPivotGrid. In case you haven’t heard, XAMLFlix is a video series devoted to getting you up to speed quickly with our Telerik controls for WPF and Silverlight. In this episode, we will take a look at what RadPivotGrid Beta for WPF has to offer, with three short videos. So grab some coffee and let’s get started!What Is RadPivotGrid?RadPivotGrid is a control used to aggregate millions of records in a concise tabular format. The data can be easily...
    November 15, 2012
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    8 New ASP.NET PivotGrid Features Not to Miss

    Although Telerik’s ASP.NET PivotGrid control is in still beta, it is getting full of useful features. Some of them are requested by our clients who have started using the control since its CTP release, and the other have to be implemented because the pivot table’s concept requires them. Below I am listing the most recently added functionalities: PivotGrid ConfigurationPanel Filtering PivotGrid Layouts Totals Placement Modes Aggregates Position Tooltips Drag to Group Range Grouping (Group Date, Time and Numeric Values)
    November 12, 2012
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    UglifyJS 2.0 And Kendo UI

    Today marks the release of the second version of UglifyJS. If you aren't familiar with Uglify, its a JavaScript library that minifies JavaScript. It's probably the most widely used minification tool for JavaScript in the community, based on it's speed and reliability for producing...
    November 09, 2012
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    Is HTML5 hype justified or not?

    Is HTML5 "hype" justified or not?   We had the same question. We read the available research online, and often found it conflicting. Some analysts are HTML5 bulls; some are bears. Clearly, the Kendo UI team has its own (bullish) opinions on HTML5, but like any good student of the industry, we want to make sure those opinions are in-touch with the heartbeat of the developer community.   Not satisfied with the available data, we gathered our own via a new survey that collected responses from more than 4,000 developers! If you want it done right, you've got to do it yourself, they say. Although the...
    November 06, 2012