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  • Productivity Debugging

    Evaluating Certificates in Fiddler and FiddlerCore

    In this post, I’ll demonstrate a proposal called Convergence, which attempts to detect targeted attacks against HTTPS traffic—for instance, from within a specific locale or country. Here’s how Convergence works: when the client connects to a HTTPS site, it obtains its certificate. It then consults a set of servers around the world, called notaries, and checks to see whether the site in question is sending the same certificate to all of those servers as well.
    January 03, 2013 6 min read
  • Productivity Debugging

    [Screencast] Debugging Kendo UI Applications

    JavaScript is a beautifully simple and elegant language.  It puts virtually no restrictions on what you can do; and since it’s a dynamic language, you can modify it on the fly and debug it right in the browser.  However, it’s great forgiving nature can also be...
    January 02, 2013 1 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Get Started with ASP.Net AJAX Controls: Project Introduction and Navigation

    In order to introduce ASP.Net developers who may have spent more time with MVC or have not used the ASP.Net AJAX controls from Telerik, we are going to document the creation of a sample project for developers, by developers. This blog series will have significant code content and lots of downloadable code samples.
    December 28, 2012 7 min read
  • Productivity

    Mocking Property Getters and Setters

    In typical unit testing scenarios, mocking property getters and setters isn't high on the list of areas of concern. Where it usually comes into play is when an entity’s properties’ values (or the act of setting them) are part of the scaffolding, or behavior for the system under test.
    December 27, 2012 5 min read
  • Productivity Debugging

    Performance Optimization with Fiddler

    Every December, Web Performance guru Stoyan Stefanov (@stoyanstefanov) corrals folks around the web performance community to collect insights and best practices on building faster websites and services.
    December 27, 2012 1 min read
  • People

    Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From Kendo UI

    You know they don't call it the "most wonderful time of the year" for nothing! We hope that this week brings happiness and peace to you and your families. May you get a break from the blur that life can...
    December 27, 2012 4 min read
  • People

    In NYC on 1/29? Join Us For Breakfast!

    Are you in New York City on Tuesday, January 29th? If so, please consider joining me, Telerik Developer Evangelist Phil Japikse, and Telerik Insider Steve Bohlen for another Breakfast at Telerik event! If you’re not familiar with them, Breakfast at Telerik events are half-day free events where you show up, get some coffee and bagels (or similar food), hang out and get a few sessions on hot topics of the day. We close up by 11:00 or 11:30, which means you’re back to your workspace by lunch—this makes it an easy pitch for your boss or co-workers We’ve done ...
    December 27, 2012 2 min read
  • Productivity Reporting

    Using Fiddler with Apple iOS Devices

    You can use Fiddler to debug traffic from Apple’s iOS-based devices if you have a Windows or Linux-based PC to run Fiddler on, and a Wi-Fi connection shared between that PC and your iOS device.
    December 22, 2012 3 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Testing Trends in 2013

    [Updated: Fixed grammar foul on ‘Tenants’ vs. ‘Tenets’.] 2012 is drawing to a close, and apparently all the worry about the Mayan calendar not extending past today is thankfully misplaced! The ending of a year is a good time for some introspection, and some thinking about what’s in store for the next year. Lots of smart folks in the testing field have their own opinions about what we’ll see (or won’t!) next year, but here are a few of my thoughts. Keep in mind this list is totally in line with my own very opinionated biases! Whole Team Testing This ...
    December 22, 2012 4 min read