More OData v4 Updates

With this release we added additional support for the v4 edition of the OData protocol. With R2 2018 we officially support hierarchical data through OData.

Conversational UI Control for ASP.NET MVC

With the R2 2018 we have taken steps to enable ASP.NET MVC developers to add cognitive features to their applications by adding a brand new component: the Conversational UI control (aka RadChat). This new control is intended to be used with various chat bot services. Highlights of the features include:

• Built-in hero cards
• Built-in suggested actions
• Built-in simple message and typing indicator
• Custom card/attachment templates
• Easy connectivity to chat bot services (Azure/Microsoft Bot Framework, Wit.ai, Amazon Lex)

DropDownTree Component for ASP.NET MVC

With the R2 2018 release we have delivered the top-most voted feedback item to our list of UI components: the DropDownTree.

This provides the best of the TreeView component (e.g. the hierarchical data representation) with the compactness of a DropDown for ASP.NET MVC.

Cloud Services for ASP.NET MVC

As a part of our commitment to help developers take advantage of cloud services along with Kendo UI and Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC, we created several demos and updated our documentation to include guidance for the integration with:

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Azure Functions
• Azure Face API
• Amazon AWS DynamoDB
• Google Cloud Big Query