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Mobile
Make ASP.NET Web Forms Feel Native with KendoUI Mobile
In 1965, a patent was filed for a synthetic grass product that would go on to be implemented in the world’s first indoor baseball stadium. The following year, the Houston Astrodome opened and was instantly famous for its green carpet that simulated grass. The thing is that real grass is expensive to add and even […] The post Make ASP.NET Web Forms Feel Native with KendoUI Mobile appeared first on Telerik Developer Network....August 27, 2014 -
Mobile
The Sordid Legacy of Browser Context Menus
The importance of user experience should never be underestimated. Software not withstanding, user experience is important in everything that we interact with, both physical and digital. There is an entire website dedicated just to user interaction fails with hilarious results. I captured one at the movie theater in my own small southern town.August 26, 2014 -
Mobile
Using the Android Emulator with Hybrid Mobile Apps and Telerik AppBuilder
Starting with a recent release of Telerik AppBuilder, you now have the ability deploy your hybrid mobile apps directly to any native emulators you have installed. This means that you no longer need to access scores of physical devices to properly test your app – you can now test and debug directly on emulators that […] The post Using the Android Emulator with Hybrid Mobile Apps and Telerik AppBuilder appeared first on Telerik Developer Network....August 25, 2014 -
Mobile
5 Strategies for Building Mobile Apps with Telerik
Traveling down the mobile development road can be challenging, given the diversity of mobile projects and the diversity of strategies available to build out mobile solutions. Also, understanding all of the offerings that can help a developer execute a strategy can be challenging. In this article I am going to silo Telerik’s mobile development offerings […] The post 5 Strategies for Building Mobile Apps with Telerik appeared first on Telerik Developer Network....August 22, 2014 -
People
Telerik Platform Named the Best New Mobile Development Solution of 2014
Telerik Platform was chosen as the winner of a 2014 Gold International Business Award— known as the Stevies—in the Mobile Solutions Category.August 19, 2014 -
Design
A Comprehensive Guide to Styling File Inputs
Trying, and failing to style an <input type="file"> control is a twisted rite of passage in the web development trade. If you’re not familiar with the problem, you could read this Stack Overflow thread to get up to speed, but you may consider a new career afterwards. (Law school did seem appealing, and you only […] The post A Comprehensive Guide to Styling File Inputs appeared first on Telerik Developer Network....August 19, 2014
by TJ VanToll
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Web ASP.NET AJAX
Integrate ASP.NET with a 3rd Party Security Service
After the recent spate of security issues from large retail companies, especially those that caused me to have to get a new credit card issued, I’ve been thinking more and more about how to secure my ASP.NET web applications. Fortunately, the new OWIN-based security in ASP.NET 4.5.1 can fill that need. In this article, I’m going to show you how I integrated the ASP.NET security model with the security services available in Telerik Platform.August 19, 2014 -
Desktop
Windows Notifications Demystified
Users only spend a limited amount of time in our apps; anything we developers can do to invite them back into our apps increases user engagement. One of the best tools for doing this in Windows Store apps are notifications such as toasts, tiles and badges. We can trigger timely and appropriate notifications from outside […] The post Windows Notifications Demystified appeared first on Telerik Developer Network....August 18, 2014 -
Desktop UWP
Now is the time to Develop Windows Universal Apps!
I’d like to take a moment and time travel back to late 2010, when Windows Phone 7 officially launched. Microsoft developers everywhere were excited that they could reuse their existing skillset and begin to build native mobile applications. Not only were Microsoft developers happy, but so was Telerik. We had been working closely with Microsoft […] The post Now is the time to Develop Windows Universal Apps! appeared first on Telerik Developer Network....August 14, 2014 -
Productivity Testing
Functional GUI Testing and Kendo UI
Even though Kendo UI makes it easy to build gorgeous UIs, teams regularly struggle with getting solid UI testing wrapped into their delivery flow. Teams often run into issues with asynchronous operations, difficult Document Object Model (DOM) structures, or browser incompatibilities that challenge team members writing functional UI tests.August 14, 2014
by Jim Holmes
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