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Telerik AJAX controls .NET 2.0 support discontinued as of Q1 2011
Following the Telerik AJAX Product Support Lifecycle model (which closely resembles the Microsoft one), the time has come to retire the .NET 2.0 support for our AJAX controls. This will happen officially with the Q1 2011 release of the suite, slated in a couple of weeks, meaning that you will no longer receive .NET 2.0 versions of the Telerik AJAX assemblies, projects or VS 2005 integration as part of the installation packs. With this step the .NET 2 versions of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX available in previous releases will enter their extended (paid) support phase as shown in the diagram from...March 03, 2011 -
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RadRibbonBar for ASP.NET AJAX arrives in Q1 2011
As some of you may have already seen in our roadmap, we are about to release a brand new AJAX RadRibbonBar control with Q1 2011. In fact, we released a Q1 2011 beta with a preview of this control and live demos almost a week ago. I will describe here what the control looks like, does and will do in the final release. Some forewords,or the importance of the KISS principle We all know that Microsoft's Ribbon control is quite complex and requires its rendering to be flexible to allow execution of its resizing features and overall presentation. This is the reason...March 03, 2011
by Iana Tsolova
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Q1’11 Pre-Release Series: OpenAccess ORM Brings Design-time improvements, Updated Fluent Mapping API, and more
Q1 2011 will be a major milestone release for Telerik Open Access ORM, your .NET data programming and SQL expert. The new release will bring serious design-time improvements which will help you to work with data in an easier and more intuitive manner. A new fully featured project upgrade tool will allow you to upgrade even more classic projects to the new OpenAccess context API. The code-only developers will embrace the updated Fluent Mapping API, which exposes over 90% of OpenAccess' functionality. Finally, a project converter from Entity Framework will allow you to switch to Telerik OpenAccess in a few...March 02, 2011
by Vassil Petev
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Mobile
RadDatePicker & RadTimePicker for WP7 get null-value support
You’ve talked and we’ve listened: as of Beta 2 release of RadControls for Windows Phone 7 the RadTimePicker and RadDatePicker controls support null-value. In other words, you will be able to set the current value to null and display a custom message to your users informing them that there is no value selected in the control at the time: this.radTimePicker1.Value = null; this.radTimePicker1.EmptyContent = "Select time"; There are also two additional properties which are used in this context: EmptyContent – defining the content that will be displayed to the user when there is no value selected in the control EmptyContentTemplate – defining how the empty content will...March 02, 2011
by Deyan Ginev
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People
Are you a .NET Ninja? Test your skills with the Telerik .NET Ninja Game.
It’s kind of getting a tradition for us here at Telerik to celebrate the important for us moments with our favorite .NET Ninja character. It’s absolutely logical that we would like to do it again for the upcoming first for this year major release. That’s why we decided to warm you up for the several surprises coming with Q1 2011 with this cool .NET Ninja Throwing Stars Game. You might not feel comfortable being seen playing games on the workplace, but I bet nobody in your company will mind you netting some cash from this particular game. It will turn...March 02, 2011 -
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Telerik Gift for Microsoft MVPs
Microsoft MVPs Gets Telerik Tools for FREEMarch 01, 2011
by Vassil Petev
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RadControls for Windows Phone 7 Q1 2011 Beta 2 released
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of our RadControls for Windows Phone 7 Q1 2011 Beta 2 release . Along with numerous bug fixes and further polish of the suite we are also introducing several cool new features, namely: Complete design-time support for RadGauge: You will be able to select among several (many more to come for the official release) predefined Gauge templates through an intuitive User Interface directly in Visual Studio.March 01, 2011 -
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RadScheduler for WinForms with New End-User Features in Q1 2011
Q1'11will definitely be huge to RadControls for WinForms! First, it will be the first 3rd party component suite to offer Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) and Coded UI test support, which by itself is huge enough. Second, it will introduce a brand new control - RadWizard. Third, it will offer two major improvements to RadScheduler for WinForms, which will cover in this blog. And, if this isn't enough, we will also give you a brand new version of our TreeView control (which we will cover in a blog next week, so stay tuned). The two major improvements of RadScheduler for WinForms will surely...March 01, 2011 -
Productivity Testing
Best Practices: Element Identification with ID and AutomationID
As a QA professional, it’s important to get involved with the development team early on in the process. This article will discuss just one of the many benefits in doing so – coding standards and the use of ID’s for enhanced team productivity. Require this up front and you can significantly cut back test case maintenance. No matter what software you use for your test automation, the method in which elements are identified plays a critical role. Small changes to your application can often break the test’s ‘find logic’ causing your test runs to fail. Let’s say a couple elements ...March 01, 2011 -
Productivity
Stand Up Meetings Are About More Than Standing
“Our team is agile because we stand up for meetings!” It’s the perennial joke of the agile community. We’ve all heard of teams that feel that they are doing agile development because they stand up for their meetings. (I sincerely hope that it is more urban legend than truth.) The reality is that there is more to agile than stand up meetings and there is more to stand up meetings than simply standing. Let’s look at some of the key aspects of the stand up meeting and how you can make yours more effective. Just the Facts, Ma’am At the ...March 01, 2011
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