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    PHP and Kendo UI

    If you've been following me on Twitter you've probably watched a few of my trials and successes in getting PHP up and running on my computer. It's been fun digging in to something that I haven't used in 13+ years. PHP has certainly changed a lot since...
    February 18, 2025 3 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    The WYSIWYG Editor Demo from Hell

    As a member of the Sitefinity team, Rich Text (WYSIWYG) web editors are literally the core of my world. These tools are the pipe through which most web content flows. They allow people—who know nothing about the HTML—to create HTML. However, the sad truth is that most WYSIWYG editors are worse than awful. In fact, I heard one CMS analyst refer to them as the “Achilles’ heel of CMS.” Frequently buggy, they’re renowned for allowing atrocious HTML to spill into the website.
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Need to search in large datasets? Don’t worry, Telerik’s ASP.NET SearchBox control has got you covered.

    Last week we wrote about our new ASP.NET DropDownList control taking some specific functions of our existing ComboBox control, but in a more lightweight and better performing manner. Continuing this trend, it’s time to introduce another of the new members of Telerik’s ASP.NET control suite – the SearchBox.
    May 27, 2021 4 min read
  • Web

    Building a better UI – JSP Wrappers part 2

    Last week we dove headfirst into Java, Servlets and the Kendo UI JSP Wrappers. This week we'll expand on that experience and explore the most popular and feature rich control in the Kendo UI arsenal - the venerable Grid. The Grid widget isn't just an interface for...
    May 27, 2021 12 min read
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    Wrapping A Backbone.Collection In A kendo.data.DataSource

    In my first post about learning kendo.data.DataSource , a commenter asked me about the differences between this and a Backbone.Collection. He also wondered if there would be any value in creating an adapter that could turn a Backbone.Collection in to a Kendo UI DataSource. The value that...
    May 27, 2021 7 min read