Virtual Classroom

Free access to 30+ hours of technical
training for Telerik & Kendo UI customers.

What is Virtual Classroom?

We are proud to introduce Virtual Classroom, a free training program for our active license holders. With more than 30 hours of technical content created in partnership with New Venture Software, Virtual Classroom is designed to quickly get you onboarded and successful with our developer tools whether you’ve been using them for years or are new to the suite. Each session will provide practical knowledge combined with helpful approaches to application development.

Active Telerik DevCraft Ultimate license holders will be able to participate in all live online instructor-led versions of the training and have access to the recorded on-demand videos. All other Telerik and Kendo UI active license holders will have access to all the recorded on-demand videos.

The recorded on-demand training videos will be available in Your Account shortly after the corresponding live training is complete and all training sessions will be refreshed after each major release.

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Virtual Classroom Sessions:

Kendo UI & Angular: February 28, 2018
1. TypeScript - syntax, semantics, features
2. Angular
3. Kendo UI Angular Components
Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC and Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core: March 7, 2018
1. Comparison between ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Core
2. ASP.NET MVC
3. ASP.NET Core
4. Responsive Design and Theme Builder
5. Support & Community
Kendo UI & React (Native + Wrappers): March 8, 2018
1. React
  1. Setting up the development environment
  2. Virtual DOM
  3. JSX
  4. Components
  5. State, Props, and Lifecycle
2. Kendo UI React Components
  1. Wrappers vs. Pure
  2. Installation, Configuration, Customization
  3. Common Features - Data Query, Localization, Internationalization, Accessibility
  4. Responsive Design and Theme Builder
  5. Creating a React app with Kendo UI
  6. Advanced Topics
    - Redux integration
    - Babel, TypeScript
  7. Support & Community
    - Submitting Support Tickets
    - GitHub - source code and issue tracker
    - Roadmap & Planning
Kendo UI & jQuery: March 14, 2018
1. jQuery, short introduction
  1. Important facts about jQuery
  2. Plugins short description and demo
2. Intro to Kendo UI
  1. Basic explanation
  2. Listing all components and functionality
  3. Comparing editions
3. Installing Kendo UI
  1. Zip file
  2. CDN
  3. Others: NPM, NuGet, etc.
  4. What files to include, building custom distributions
4. Instantiating widgets
  1. Instantiating a simple widget from markup vs code
  2. Destroying and removing widgets
  3. Looking at some simple widgets: autocomplete, dropdown, color-picker, etc.
5. Kendo UI DataSource
  1. Discussing the concept of the DS, the main ideas and architecture
  2. Focusing on features and functionality
  3. Demoing the datasource
6. Templates
  1. Overview of functionality
  2. Templates in action - short demo
7. Validation
  1. Overview of functionality
  2. Demo
8. Localization & Globalization
  1. Basic overview of uses and scenarios
  2. Demo
9. Other resources: Themes, Theme builder, Dojo
10. Building a demo app together - this will be live coding session where I build a demo app using a real-world REST API with Kendo UI DataSource, Grid and other Kendo UI widgets
Kendo UI & Vue: March 22, 2018
1. Intro to Kendo UI
  1. Basic explanation
  2. Listing all components and functionality
  3. Comparing editions
2. Vue basics reviewed
  1. Templates
  2. Binding with forms
  3. Responding to user events
  4. Conditional rendering and lists
3. Kendo UI components for jQuery and wrappers for Vue
  1. Basic explanation and concepts
  2. Component installers
4. Getting Kendo UI Vue components
  1. Using CDN
  2. Using NPM and Webpack
  3. What files to include
5. Setting up a project
  1. Vue CLI
  2. Adding Kendo UI
  3. Running a basic component
  4. Vue Devtools chrome extension
6. Configuration of Vue Wrappers
  1. API-based options
  2. camelCase options
  3. Composite options
  4. Composite array options
  5. Events
7. Model Binding
  1. Integrating Vue Bindings
  2. Events
  3. Objects
8. Kendo Data Source
  1. Discussing the concept of the DS, the main ideas and architecture
  2. Focusing on features and functionality
  3. Demoing the datasource
9. Kendo Grid
  1. Basic overview & initialization
  2. Data operations
  3. Columns
  4. Editing
  5. Selection
10. Styling & Themes
  1. Overview
  2. Available themes
  3. Installing themes
  4. Theme builder
11. Demo App
12. Using the documentation, plunker and demo resources effectively
Telerik UI for Xamarin: March 27, 2018
1. Getting started with Xamarin:
  1. Cross platform development with C# and Xamarin platform;
  2. Sharing UI with Xamarin.Forms. Adaptive coding;
  3. Data binding and MVVM;
  4. Loading data (RESTful web service, database);
  5. Push notifications;
2. Getting started with Telerik UI for Xamarin:
  1. Why choose Telerik;
  2. Installing Telerik UI for Xamarin on Windows; (msi, manual)
  3. Installing Telerik UI for Xamarin on Mac;
  4. Setting up simulators;
  5. Visual studio Project Wizard and Item templates;
  6. Adding components on screen;
3. UI components:
  1. Data management components;
  2. Data visualization components;
  3. Navigation components;
  4. Editor components;
4. Customizing UI components;
5. Themes;
6. Localization and Accessibility;
7. Performance tips and tricks;
8. Continuous integration, testing and distribution (VS App Center)
9. Getting Support and Documentation;
Telerik UI for WPF: March 30, 2018
1. Getting started with WPF:
  1. XAML (syntax, styling and customization, code behind);
  2. Data binding and MVVM;
  3. Loading data (RESTful web service, database);
2. Getting started with Telerik UI for WPF:
  1. Why choose Telerik;
  2. Installing and different distribution types (setup, NuGet, latest internal);
  3. Difference between NoXAML and XAML dlls;
  4. Adding components (toolbox drag & drop, manual);
  5. Design time and Blend;
3. UI components:
  1. Data management components;
  2. Data visualization components;
  3. Document processing;
  4. Scheduling components;
  5. Navigation components;
  6. Other components (editors, file managers, interactivity, etc)
4. Customizing component UI and Themes;
5. Touch support;
6. Localization and Accessibility;
7. UI testing
  1. TestStudio and TestingFramework
  2. Coded UI
8. Getting Support and Documentation
Telerik Reporting & Telerik Report Server: April 5, 2018
1. Overview of Telerik Reporting
2. Report Designers
  1. Stand-alone designer
  2. Visual Studio designer
  3. Report wizards
3. Designing reports
  1. Report Structure
  2. Tables
  3. Charts
  4. Maps
  5. Barcode
  6. Subreports
4. Connecting to data
  1. Data Source Components
  2. Different data sources support
  3. Calculated fiels
  4. Parameters
  5. Data Items
  6. Binding Data Items
  7. Filtering, Ordering, Grouping
5. Embedding Report viewer in Applications
  1. WinForms Viewer
  2. WPF Viewer
6. Telerik Reporting services
  1. A look at WebAPI and Service Stack implementations.
  2. HTML5 Report Viewer
7. Telerik Report Server
  1. What is it - Overview
  2. Choosing between reporting services and report server
  3. Key features
  4. Demo
8. Building a demo report
Telerik UI for WinForms: April 10, 2018
1. Getting started with WinForms:
  1. Windows forms overview;
  2. MVP pattern;
  3. Loading data (RESTful web service, database);
2. Getting started with Telerik UI for WinForms:
  1. Why choose Telerik;
  2. Installing and different distribution types (setup, NuGet, latest internal);
  3. Convert existing application;
  4. Adding components;
  5. Configuring components (designer and property grid);
3. UI components:
  1. Data management components;
  2. Data visualization components;
  3. Rich text and pdf viewer;
  4. Forms and dialogs;
  5. Editors;
  6. Navigation;
  7. Other components (document processing, layout, tools, etc.);
4. Telerik Presentation Framework;
5. Themes and Visual Style Builder;
6. Touch support;
7. Localization and Accessibility;
8. UI testing
  1. TestComplete;
  2. Coded UI;
9. Getting Support and Documentation;
Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX: April 12, 2018
1. General overview
  1. What is Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX
  2. Listing the components and functionality
  3. Tour of the main control groups: data management, scheduling, theming, layout, media, editors, dataviz, diagrams-maps, ajax, navigation, file upload, social, spell checking
  4. Licensing and trial version
2. Installation
  1. Different install packages (MSI, Zip, NuGet)
  2. What files are needed
  3. Upgrade considerations
  4. Adding to the VS Toolbox
3. Creating a project and adding the controls
  1. Starting a new project
  2. Adding the controls to the project
  3. Adding the controls to a form
  4. Web.config settings
  5. Using the VS Extensions
4. Creating our "Hello, World" with Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX
  1. RadScriptManager (and ScriptManager)
  2. Adding a control to the form
  3. Binding the control with data
  4. Using the server-side API
  5. Using the client-side API
5. Styling
  1. Using the built-in skins
  2. Using CSS
  3. Theme Builder (and Style Builder)
6. 5) Rendering modes
  1. Classic and Lightweight
  2. Mobile & Responsive
  3. DeviceDetection Framework
7. Performance
  1. Compression
  2. RadScriptManager and RadStyleSheetManager
  3. CDN
8. Building a demo app
9. Deployment
1. To a local server
2. To Azure
Telerik UI for UWP: April 13, 2018
1. Getting started with UWP:
  1. Cross Platform development with UWP (desktop, tablet, IoT);
  2. Xaml (syntax, styling and customization, code behind);
  3. Feature detection and adaptive coding;
  4. Data binding and MVVM;
  5. Loading data (RESTful web service, database);
  6. Push notifications;
2. Getting started with Telerik UI for UWP:
  1. Why choose Telerik;
  2. Installing and different distribution types (setup, NuGet, source code);
  3. Adding components (toolbox drag & drop, manual);
  4. Design time and Blend;
3. UI components:
  1. Data management components;
  2. Data visualization components;
  3. Editor components;
  4. Layout and navigation components;
  5. Other components (Calendar, Map, BusyIndicator, etc);
4. Customizing component UI;
5. Localization and Accessibility;
6. Continuous integration, testing and distribution (VS App Center);
7. Getting Support and Documentation;

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I attend live?
A: If you have an active DevCraft Ultimate subscription, you will receive an email with instructions on how to register.

Q: I don't have a DevCraft Ultimate subscription, how can I attend?
A: While only customers with an active DevCraft Ultimate subscription can register and attend live, you will be able to access the recorded sessions from your account with an active subscription to any Telerik or Kendo UI product.

Q: I have an active DevCraft Ultimate subscription, but would prefer to download the recorded session, will I be able to?
A: Yes

Q: When will the recordings be available?
A: We will do our best to have the recorded sessions available within 1-2 weeks of the live session.

Q: How frequently will the content be updated?
A: To keep content fresh, we are committed to 3 classroom refreshes this year, registration for the updated live sessions will open up shortly after each major release. Recordings will be updated 1-2 weeks following each live session.

Q: I have an account, but the live sessions are over. Where can I find the recordings?
A: You should have received an email from us with the link to the recording. If you have not, please check in with your sales rep. Additionally, you can find the link in Your Account.

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