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  • Web

    Supporting a Dinosaur: Time to end IE6 support?

    Like it or not (and, frankly, I’m not sure who likes it), IE6 is not yet 100% dead. Try as is it might, the web developer community and even Microsoft have failed to put this ancient, broken browser in the dust bin more than 10 years after its...
    August 12, 2011
  • People

    The LOB Chronicles - Exploring User Experience (UX)

    In the previous post we discussed a host of different things to introduce everyone to the LOB Chronicles project as well as the technologies (both Microsoft and Telerik) that are involved.  With a combination of Silverlight, TeamPulse (build with the Telerik Xaml tools), RadControls for Silverlight, OpenAccess, and Test Studio, we’re ready to start planning out our application from the ground up.  Before we write code, though, we want to take a step back and consider just who we’re designing this software for - which is where our UX experts come into play. Why UX? This is a great question and one...
    August 11, 2011
  • Productivity Testing

    Keep Your Tests DRY

    [Note: I covered this topic somewhat in my earlier post on maintainable tests; however, this concept is so critical, in my opinion, that it deserves a separate post. You’ll continue to hear lots about this practice from me as I write and speak more!] Test code should always be treated with the same care production code is – because test code IS production code! Your source code for your tests may not be deployed to your customers’ production servers, but it’s every bit as important as the components that are Approach the design, implementation, and maintenance of your ...
    August 10, 2011
  • Release

    Q3'11 Telerik AJAX/MVC Roadmaps

    I know that some of you, fellow developers, are enjoying the hot summer days and took well-deserved vacations during this period of the year - spending them by the beach with an icy cocktail in hand and getting bronze tan. And I envy you a little for that :) But here, in the Telerik HQ, the working cycle constantly spins no matter what the odds and the weather are, and the time has come to share with you our AJAX and MVC Q3 2011 plans. AJAX Roadmap (View) Quick highlights Two new controls: Social Share and Org Chart New Metro skin (preview can...
    August 10, 2011
  • Release

    Q3'11 Telerik AJAX/MVC Roadmaps

    I know that some of you, fellow developers, are enjoying the hot summer days and took well-deserved vacations during this period of the year - spending them by the beach with an icy cocktail in hand and getting bronze tan. And I envy you a little for that :) But here, in the Telerik HQ, the working cycle constantly spins no matter what the odds and the weather are, and the time has come to share with you our AJAX and MVC Q3 2011 plans. AJAX Roadmap (View) Quick highlights Two new controls: Social Share and Org Chart New Metro skin (preview can...
    August 10, 2011
  • Web Mobile

    RadDataBoundListBox goes Mango in terms of scrolling performance (video included)

      Back in the days when the first WP7 developer devices were distributed to all enthusiastic developers it became clear that the out-of-the-box scrolling performance delivered by the ListBox control from the toolbox is not satisfying at all. In fact, having some richer data templates and UI virtualization all in one made the control almost unusable which forced many developers to either give up UI virtualization or simply reduce the contents of their templates to boost the scrolling performance and thus improve the end-user experience. Although the Performance Team @ Microsoft have released some nice and helpful hints on how to...
    August 10, 2011
  • Web Mobile

    RadDataBoundListBox goes Mango in terms of scrolling performance (video included)

      Back in the days when the first WP7 developer devices were distributed to all enthusiastic developers it became clear that the out-of-the-box scrolling performance delivered by the ListBox control from the toolbox is not satisfying at all. In fact, having some richer data templates and UI virtualization all in one made the control almost unusable which forced many developers to either give up UI virtualization or simply reduce the contents of their templates to boost the scrolling performance and thus improve the end-user experience. Although the Performance Team @ Microsoft have released some nice and helpful hints on how to...
    August 10, 2011
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    3 Reasons Why You Should Register for Our Special ASP.NET AJAX Webinar Series

    You’ll see Telerik’s Evangelist Carl Bergenhem build an ENTIRE e-commerce application in real time showcasing the capabilities of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX You’ll see how easy it is to take advantage of modern technologies, like jQuery, OData, Azure, HTML5/CSS3 when you use Telerik’s ASP.NET AJAX controls You’ll get advanced tips and tricks on how to optimize the performance of your applications Did I say only 3 reasons? In case you give me 30 more seconds of your time, here’s the rest of the deal: At the end of the series not only will the attendees get the sample application’s source code in case they’d like to play...
    August 10, 2011
  • People

    Challenges of Adopting Agile - Q&A Panel

    I’m pretty excited about an upcoming event I’m taking part in  - it’s actually going to be a Q&A panel where myself, Steve Porter, and Phil Japikse will be discussing some of the most difficult aspects of Agile adoption.
    August 10, 2011
  • Productivity

    Having Trouble Adopting Agile?

    Technorati Tags: Telerik,Agile,TeamPulse Agile is becoming more and more popular.  All of your friends are doing it, and they always make it to happy hour!  So why aren’t you becoming agile?  What’s holding you back?  How do you overcome the blocking obstacles to transition over to a more agile development environment? Come join myself along with a panel of other industry experts – Joel Semeniuk and Steve Porter for an interactive discussion to answer your questions with real world experience.  You will also have a chance to win a 10-User license for TeamPulse. To register for the panel, go to the webpage to register. Happy Coding!...
    August 10, 2011