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  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Kendo UI For ASP.NET MVC Beta Released

    Since the initial launch of Kendo UI, we received many questions about using Kendo UI with various server platforms. While Kendo UI is a JavaScript framework that works with any server-side technology, some developers prefer to configure and initialize UI widgets from the comfort of their...
    June 01, 2012 5 min read
  • Release

    Kendo UI for ASP.NET MVC and the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC

    With today’s introduction of the ASP.NET MVC wrappers for Kendo UI, or Kendo UI for ASP.NET MVC as they’re officially called, many questions are sure to arise about their relationship to the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. While the FAQs on KendoUI.com noted our plans for ASP.NET MVC from the outset, today’s release brings more clarity to our long-term plans. In this blog post, I’m going to explain how the release of Kendo UI for ASP.NET MVC impacts the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. Note: If you’d like to know more about Kendo UI for ASP.NET MVC beta, please read this blog...
    May 31, 2012 6 min read
  • Release

    Take the shortcut to web services in Q2’12 with the Add OpenAccess Service wizard

    Automated code generation for various kinds of services is nothing new for OpenAccess ORM. For years now the Data Service Wizard has been a part of the product. A  tool capable of easily exposing your data to client applications using web services, without having to write a single line of code. Now we are introducing the new and improved wizard called Add OpenAccess Service. It has been available under the "Generate OpenAccess Domain Model Service..." command as a preview. We took the time to polish the user interface and implement a lot of your feature requests, so we can now proudly present it's...
    May 31, 2012 2 min read
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    Touch up your app with Telerik’s MetroTouch skin for ASP.NET AJAX

    Have you ever experienced difficulties with hitting a button on a touch screen because of the button’s small size? Haven’t you wished texts were larger so you don’t need to zoom-in to read? No more troubles - our new MetroTouch skin for Telerik’s ASP.NET AJAX controls is coming on board with Q2 2012, expected in about a week!    
    May 31, 2012 3 min read
  • Productivity

    Fakes, Stubs, and Mocks

    In Doing Your First Mock, Mehfuz Hossain explained why you should use mocking to improve your unit tests and then used a real world example to demonstrate this technique. In this post, I will take you down a different path using other forms of stand-ins.
    May 31, 2012 7 min read
  • Desktop WPF

    XAMLflix Tutorial: PDF Viewer for Silverlight and WPF

    Every Wednesday we publish a new tutorial based on one of our existing XAMLflix videos.  This week we focus on the PDF Viewer, which allows you to view PDF files inside your Silverlight or WPF applications.  With no need for an additional viewer.  You can scroll, pan and zoom your PDF files to get a better view of your content. This week’s tutorial covers Getting Started with the PDF Viewer Using a Toolbar with the PDF Viewer Integrating RadRichTextBox with the PDF Viewer Getting Started introduces the RadPDFViewer and shows how to add one to a new project...
    May 30, 2012 2 min read
  • Mobile

    XAMLflix Video Tutorial: RadMenu for Silverlight and WPF

    Hi Everyone, In today’s episode of XAMLFlix, we are going to take a look at RadMenu for Silverlight and WPF. In case you are not familiar with XAMLFlix, it is Telerik’s way of getting you up to speed with our XAML controls in short 8-10 minute videos. Our Silverlight and WPF control suite share a common codebase and API, so you can literally copy/paste the code between projects! Yet another reason to check out our controls. In case you have missed any episode, they can be found at www.telerik.com/xamlflix. Let’s go ahead and get started with RadMenu. RadMenu for Silverlight and WPF lets...
    May 29, 2012 2 min read
  • Release

    Check out all the new technologies you can use with OpenAccess ORM Q2 2012

    Q2 2012 of Telerik OpenAccess ORM is about to be released soon and we are eager to share what we have achieved for the last few months. As we always strive to keep up with the latest technologies available, we will start by presenting the support for: Visual Studio 11 Beta OpenAccess is compatible with the beta version of the new Visual Studio since the end of March - an internal build from March 29th is available even now. However, Q2 will be the first official release with a full functional support. MS SQL Server 2012 LocalDB As the commercial editions of SQL Server 2012 are...
    May 29, 2012 2 min read
  • Release

    See what’s new in Telerik’s .NET tools and get a discount!

    The Q2 2012 Webinar Week is quickly approaching (as is our upcoming major release)! As always, we are organizing this week-long event packed with hour-long webinar sessions to walk you through all the awesome things we’ve been working on during the past four months. If you’re eager to be among the first to learn how the Q2 bits can enhance your productivity, Book your seat for Webinar Week now>> Webinar Week will be held June 18-22, 2012. And you know the drill, one lucky attendee at each webinar will win more than $2,000 worth of software! This time around though, as...
    May 29, 2012 1 min read
  • Productivity Testing

    Performance Testing Part I – Modeling, Implementing, and Executing Performance Tests

    Performance testing goals seek to answer questions regarding server processing, and client response times for a single user. The primary goal of performance testing is to tune the system to achieve maximum performance, [e.g. execute a given amount of work (transactions) in the least amount of time (transactions per second (TPS)].  Test Studio, from Telerik, has long been capable of performance testing. Any Test Studio functional test can also be used as a performance test. To execute a performance test in Test Studio, there are just three steps: 1) Create or select an existing web functional test that satisfies ...
    May 29, 2012 2 min read