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Checklist: Deciding When to Develop with HTML5 and JavaScript
If there is one truism in software development it is that there are no silver bullets. There is no "perfect" platform that should be used to tackle every software challenge. Not HTML5/JavaScript. Not XAML/.NET. Not Flash/AIR. Not anything yet invented. As long as different software projects have different requirements, there will... -
Productivity
Using Email Notification in TeamPulse
One of the new features introduced with TeamPulse R2 2011 is the Email Notifications. With this feature we aimed to improve how TeamPulse handles the most important pillars in the Agile process – collaboration and communication. With TeamPulse R2 2011 you can now subscribe to receive email updates whenever a work item (user story, bug, issue, or risk) is updated. This way you can automate the process of tracking work item progress and save time. With Agile teams, the desired method of communication is face to face discussions, but with today’s distributed teams, this is not always easy to do ...September 07, 2011 4 min read -
Mobile
Exciting WP7 Marketplace Statistics Revealed
Telerik RadControls for WP7 is the most widely used commercial UI suite on the marketplace. Says who? Says Justin Angel. The man kindled the WP7 dev world with exciting Marketplace statistics. He has downloaded all Windows Phone 7 XAP’s using the Windows Phone 7 marketplace API’s and has answered a bunch of questions that preoccupy a lot of Windows Phone devotees’ minds. Justin found out that 97% of the apps on the Marketplace are not obfuscated and that the Silverlight platform accounts for 90% of the WP7 apps compared to 10% for XNA. There is a very interesting piece of information about... -
Productivity Testing
An Introduction to Performance Testing
If you've been monitoring our roadmap or other announcement channels, you may have heard we’re bringing performance testing to Test Studio. This is a pretty exciting step for us, and it lets us bring some great functionality to help you continue to boost the quality of the software you’re delivering. I thought I’d take some time to lay down some of my opinions and experiences around performance testing in general as a bit of a lead in to later posts which will showcase our performance testing functionality. I’ll be writing a number of posts over the next few weeks to ...September 06, 2011 3 min read -
People
Many reasons to vote for Telerik in the DevProConnections Awards
"And honestly, I say this without any reservation. In my four years of involvement with Telerik, the company and it's employees have been the best, most respectful, and willing to help group I've ever worked with. When I'm asked to do something, I just do it, and I want to keep this relationship going... It is just a joy to work with you. So glad to be part of the team!" Ben Hayat, Telerik MVP Everyone has his reasons to love Telerik. What are yours? Do we make you look... -
Web ASP.NET MVC
Company Achieves ROI of 15x the Initial Cost with Telerik’s ASP.NET MVC Extensions - Case Study
Paylocity, a leading US online employment services firm recognized by multiple industry ratings, knew their Time and Labor Management product, Paylocity Web Time, needed a strong competitive advantage, if it was to stay successful in the crowded market for web-based employment services. This is why the development team undertook an aggressive project on improving the product. Project requirements and objectives: Make the product more intuitive in order to increase user productivity Update product in a manner that would take advantage of modern technologies and add support for tablets and phones Redesign the interface to achieve a sleeker look and feel Build... -
People
The AppStore Business Model is Dead
Back in January, I argued that AppStores are not necessary as mobile economics mature and start to mimic web economics. Why do I need to download Skype from the AppStore when I can just go to Skype.com and do the same? Apple changed the rules and suddenly the AppStore looks like it may die a toddler. Back in February, new rules for advertising revenue and media content were implemented by Apple. If your app is in the app store and you generate revenue from a new customer, you have to give Apple 30% of the revenue of everything you sell. As per Steve Jobs: "Our philosophy is simple -- when... -
Release
Q3 2011 Telerik RadControls for WinForms Roadmap
In our official major release Q2 2011 we introduced several new controls - RadPropertyGrid, RadListView and RadRichTextBox (Beta) - which nicely complemented the suite and responded to your requests. Now it is time to look towards the next major release: Q3 2011 (expected mid-Fall). We believe that it is not only important to introduce new controls as we did in Q2, but to constantly improve the existing ones. Therefore, Q3 2011 will focus on improvements and new features in our existing code base. Here are just a few of the many improvements that are about to come: RadGridView. Two new highly requested editors will allow the end... -
People
(Un)Official Build Precon UX Session with Billy Hollis
So your bags are packed, the agenda page is still pretty void of content, and you're wondering what you can do before the Build conference in Anaheim to really get ready for the grand unveiling of vNext of Windows and all that is in store, right? Luckily the dynamic duo of Billy Hollis and Telerik have you covered with the Unofficial Build Precon Event! Taking place at the Sheraton Park Hotel on Monday, September 12th from 9am-2:30PM, the pre-con will let you learn some of the fundamentals of great UX before the conference begins. This way you will be all set once they... -
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Q2 2011 Service Pack 1 of RadControls for WinForms is out
A month and a half after yet another great release of RadControls for WinForms, we are happy to announce the availability of Q2 2011 Service Pack 1. This service pack comes with a bunch of cool improvements and fixes throughout the whole WinForms suite. Among the highlights of this release are several new features that set RadRichTextBox (Beta) closer to its official version. In Q2 2011 SP1 you will find support for hyperlinks and bookmarks as well as support for tables. Your end-users will also be able to export pages as images. See Q2 2011 Service Pack 1 Release Notes for more information about...
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