Telerik Whitepapers

This handy resource outlines syntax features that enable developers to express their code using functional programming techniques.

If you’re here, you must be a fan of the functional approach to problem solving. JavaScript includes an array of syntax features that enable developers to express their code using functional programming techniques.

The style used in functional programming with JavaScript differs from the traditional conditional block style of imperative programming.

This cheat sheet structures some of the language features that are most commonly used by the JavaScript developer who’s interested in writing functional style code.

Download this handy resource containing short definitions, tips and code examples of arrow functions, function delegates, expressions, higher order functions, currying, array manipulation functions, method chaining and pipelines.

As you get started with your next Vue application, you can save yourself some time and stress by making a proper plan before you even lay a finger on your keyboard. This whitepaper is an application checklist of sorts, addressing all the key considerations of a typical Vue development project. It offers a high-level outline of the main decisions you may have to make, based on solid application-building practices.

Download the whitepaper for an overview of the Vue developer tools and strategies you need in all stages of app development, including:

• Project management and development process
• Developer tooling choices (package managers, task runners, linters, CLI and UI components)
• Frontend and UX
• Backend API
• Performance strategies
• Testing methodologies
• Accessibility, i18n and environments

To have a smooth process when building your next Vue application, it’s essential to think ahead and choose options that best support your team and the goals of the project.

What is the state of the JavaScript ecosystem? What are the latest developments and trends, and how will things change in 2018 and beyond?

To say that the JavaScript ecosystem is a bit tangled is an understatement. Luckily, we’re friends with some permanent residents of JavaScript Land and they know their way around it. Luckier still, they are generous enough to share their expert knowledge with us.

Our latest whitepaper, “The Future of JavaScript: 2018 and Beyond,” offers our future-looking analysis and predictions about the latest in JavaScript. We also look back at all the JavaScript craziness from 2017 and neatly tie it together with a bow.

Download this whitepaper to learn about:

• What features JavaScript enabled in 2017 (ECMAScript goodies)
• Upcoming features that will play a critical role in your future applications
• The rise and fall of popular JavaScript frameworks—Angular, AngularJS, Vue.js, React, Ember
• The latest around indispensable JavaScript developer tools, such as Webpack, TypeScript and package managers
• The future—what’s up with PWAs and AR/VR?

And so much more! Download the whitepaper today.

For many developers, the JavaScript ecosystem can feel like a bazaar, stuffed with libraries and frameworks that do anything and everything one could imagine. Making decisions in this hyper-dynamic landscape that you will have to stick to long term is hard. How do you choose a suitable JavaScript framework for your next project? Which one would be most reliable for the changes and challenges you anticipate?

Download this whitepaper to learn about:

• The current state of the Angular, React and Vue frameworks 
• Key considerations in making framework decisions 
• How the top JavaScript frameworks compare against a comprehensive list of criteria
• Reasons for choosing one JavaScript framework over the other 

Which criteria would you look at when comparing frontend frameworks? Author Brandon Satrom has drafted a well-informed list, from ecosystem considerations such as history, corporate support and community, to framework-specific considerations like the getting started experience, skill requirements and tooling available. For the enterprise software architect, there’s a section on factors that uniquely affect enterprises.

There are a lot of moving pieces in creating a real-world application in React. This guide brings up some key considerations worth looking at before getting started on your next React development project. It offers a high-level outline of the many decisions you may have to make, from tooling choices all the way through to deployment and performance strategies.

Download the whitepaper for an overview of the developer tools and strategies you need in all stages of app development, such as:

• Project management and development process
• Tooling choice
• Frontend and UX
• Backend API
• Performance strategies
• Testing methodologies
• Accessibility, i18n and environments

The end game? To improve your productivity by planning before you start executing.

Planning an Angular (version 2 and above) application is something you may have already done, or will be soon attempting. This whitepaper documents a high-level outline of things to consider when planning an Angular application, from tooling choices during development all the way through to deployment and performance strategies. There’s certainly a lot more to it than meets the initial eye.

Will JavaScript continue to rise in use? What’s in store for the most popular JavaScript frameworks? What’s next for JavaScript being used to run server-side web, mobile and desktop applications?

We cover:

• Future of some of the most talked about third-party libraries, including Angular, React, Vue, and more
• Which JavaScript-based mobile frameworks are on the rise? Cordova? NativeScript? React Native?
• The massive growth of GitHub’s Electron project
• The future of JavaScript in bots, virtual reality, IoT, and more

SharePoint is changing so much that the traditional SharePoint developer may start becoming a little frustrated. On the flip side, these are exciting times: instead of learning the Microsoft version of a technology that’s rapidly becoming outdated, you can use the latest and greatest in jQuery and Angular (or Knockout.js, React.js, etc.) and create great SharePoint UI.

The future of SharePoint development and customization is the SharePoint Framework, a client-side based framework that allows JavaScript customizations to work on top of SharePoint Online/Office 365 (and SharePoint Server on-premises in a future update). Let’s put to work a toolset of web technologies, including Angular, Webpack and Kendo UI controls, to build a simple yet useful application and get started with the web stack today.

Download this whitepaper to:

• Get excited about the new SharePoint Framework and related web stack technologies
• See a great set of tools in action
• Learn how to build a practical SharePoint business application using modern web technology

This is a report by SharePoint Gurus, an award-winning consultancy based in Sydney, Australia, that specialize in improving productivity through configuring and developing Microsoft SharePoint technologies.

If you're an HTML5/JavaScript developer, maybe you have already jumped in on a responsive project and would like to learn more. If not, responsive web design will probably be a requirement in the near future. This whitepaper will walk you through the must-know responsive web practices to help you succeed in building HTML5 apps for any screen size. You’ll learn how to:

• Leverage the basic building blocks of responsive web design - grid systems, media queries and flexible content - to create responsive layouts
• Choose a responsive web design framework (Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation, Telerik Page Layout)
• Use advanced Bootstrap features, such as fluid containers, offsets, push/pull and more, to achieve even the most complex responsive web scenarios

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Will JavaScript continue to rise in use? What’s in store for the most popular JavaScript frameworks? What’s next for JavaScript being used to run server-side web, mobile and desktop applications?

Learn the answers to all these questions and more through the analysis and predictions of Telerik experts and industry influencers—some of them the very authors of popular JavaScript libraries.

We cover:

• The 2015 ECMAScript features to be considered the most critical in 2016
• The expectations for JS to JS transpilers’ popularity
• The JavaScript package manager to rule them all
• The issues remaining in 2016 that future updates to JavaScript will need to resolve
• The future of some of the most talked about third-party libraries

 

A collaboration between the experts at Progress® OpenEdge® and Telerik® Kendo UI®, this eye-opening work includes practical examples and explains how the JSDO is used with the Kendo UI components. You’ll learn how to:

• Use JSDO from a simple HTML page
• Use JSDO from the Kendo UI Grid and Chart components
• Wrap the transport functions in a Kendo UI Class
• Share a Kendo UI DataSource between widgets

Once you've got Angular Kendo UI in your project, there are a few subtle tricks and best practices you should know to get the most out of Kendo UI, without sacrificing any of the wonderful framework features Angular has to offer. Get them now.

Progress surveyed over 4,000 software developers worldwide between September 5 - 26, 2012 regarding their usage, attitudes and expectations surrounding HTML5 and its adoption for development initiatives.

The main objective was to determine adoption patterns of HTML5, separating hype from reality to get an accurate picture of real world use. The survey also attempted to measure the impact of factors such as Facebook’s decision to “go native” or the W3C/WHATWG standards split on overall adoption rates or attitudes towards HTML5 in the next year.

In its second HTML5 survey, Progress surveyed more than 5,000 developers between January 9 - 28, 2013. The survey’s main objective was to determine usage patterns of HTML5—actual adoption versus hype—and platform usage preferences. Respondents were a mix of developers (72%), CIOs/Technology Executives (20%), and others. They work for organizations ranging from start-ups (29%) to enterprises (20%), with a majority of respondents coming from small and medium-sized businesses (51%). Much of the world was also represented in the survey, with 31% from North America, 35% from Europe, and 23% from Asia Pacific. The survey was available to both the general public as well as those who have trialed Progress^® Kendo^® UI.