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Software Craftsmanship 2013 Motivational Calendar
The 2013 Software Craftsmanship Motivational Wall Calendars have been out for less than a month, but have already sold to dozens of countries. Check out which countries are in the lead, both in terms of total calendars ordered, and per capita. -
Design
The Importance of Wireframes in Application Design
Recently, I joined efforts with two of my good friends and fellow Telerik Evangelists Michael Crump and Jesse Liberty to jointly build an application that would run on Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Michael will do the Windows Phone development, Jesse Windows 8 with C# and XAML, and I will tackle the WinJS version. Jesse did a great job of outlining the goals of the application and the initial wireframes of the application in his post on the project kick off. I want to focus on the value of using Wireframes in application design. -
Web
MVVM in WinJS Part 1 - Observable Models
The goal of the Presentation Model pattern is to “Represent the state and behavior of the presentation independently of the GUI controls used in the interface” (from Martin Fowler’s website.) All of the data and behavior of the UI as it relates to the state of the model is contained in the model. The view (or the UI) simply renders the data and refers to the model to determine such things as control state and values. Non model related items (such as rendering and other solely UI constructs) are in the This minimizes interaction between the model and the UI, creating a clearer separation of concerns between the two layers. -
Mobile
Using the Performance Analyzer for HTML5 Apps in Windows 8
If you have built a Windows 8 app, you are probably familiar with the WACK (Windows App Certification Kit). This small utility allows a developer to make sure that their app passes the basic tests performed during the Windows Store certification process. Visual Studio 2012 advises you to run the WACK each time you create an app package. This tool is great for small and simple apps, but for more complex ones you will need a better way to evaluate their performance. That is why you should also test using the Performance Analyzer for HTML5 Apps. -
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Productivity Testing
New Release! Test Studio 2012 R2 SP1
Our engineering and testing crew has been hard at work to get the latest release of Test Studio out the door! Test Studio 2012 R2 SP1 is now ready for you to download and install! Our service packs generally focus on bug fixes and under-the-cover enhancements; however, this release has some really exciting new features. Two of my personal favorites are searching within a project or test, and Silverlight/WPF scrolling of elements via the UI. First off, search. Ease of navigation through a large test suite or test is a very tedious task. There’s also a discoverability issue if ...May 27, 2021 2 min read -
Desktop
Desktop Apps: The Final Frontier for HTML5
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: HTML5’s primary advantage is reach. It runs everywhere. It’s on the back of this lone competitive advantage that HTML5 has radically transformed the software development landscape and found its way in to everything from modern websites... -
Productivity Testing
Telerik Test Studio Claims the Gold in the 2012 Dev Pro Community Choice Awards
Another year, another award! We consider the Community Choice awards the Oscars of our industry, as it is the people using the technology that recognize the industry’s best and brightest. To be recognized in 19 categories – ranging from charts and graphics tools to CMS, testing and more – is something we take great pride in. It is our mission to deliver more than expected and this recognition is a testament to the hard work our teams put in day in and day out, ensuring our customers are getting the best tools on the market to address their individual needs. Gold Best charting ...May 27, 2021 2 min read -
Web ASP.NET AJAX
The Facts On Using Kendo UI With ASP.NET WebAPI
In the past few months we've seen a few questions about using Kendo UI with Microsoft's ASP.NET WebAPI which is now a built-in part of MVC 4. The gorilla in the room is "Does Kendo UI Work With WebAPI?". The answer is of course a... -
Mobile
Creating A Win8 App From Scratch–A Scrolling Home Page
In a previous article I discussed the project that I’ll be building in Windows 8. We started with a couple screen mock-ups and then passed these to the designers who came back with preliminary designs. While these designs were not ready for Prime Time, they were enough to get me started coding (okay, I would have started coding without them, who can wait?)
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