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Mobile
What Exactly Is..... The 300ms Click Delay
Quick feedback is paramount in the implementation of any UI. Studies have shown that 100ms is the maximum delay for an interface to feel instantaneous to the user. Despite this, the mobile web is plagued by a sweeping feedback problem - a 300ms delay after you touch anything. This delay is one of the most prominent reasons that HTML based web apps are considered "sluggish" by many users. In this article we'll discuss why the delay exists, what browser vendors are working on to make the problem go away, and what you can do to workaround the issue right now.November 22, 2013 12 min read -
Productivity Testing
Load Testing Web Services With Test Studio
Many web sites make use of Web services, either in-house services or those from a third party. Web services perform tasks common across many applications, such as stock market tickers, weather reports, and news feeds. If the Web service is in-house, testers have to determine if it meets the required performance and load characteristics. If the service is provided by a third party, you want to make sure that it is meeting your Service Level Agreement regarding the number of simultaneous users and response times. Test Studio will have the ability to help you determine this. Let’s take a look ...November 21, 2013 2 min read -
Productivity Testing
30 Days of TDD – Day 23 – Mocking… FROM THE FUTURE!
The examples I’ve been working with for this series have assumed that you are doing "Green Field” development. This means that we are writing an application from scratch and can make sure all of the things that make code testable are incorporated into our design from the start. The biggest one of these things being the user of dependency injection. But what if you are working on “legacy” code that still uses static dependencies and not dependency injection? Is TDD and unit testing out of reach due to a decision made at the beginning of the project? Not necessarily. -
Release
Weekly Dose of Telerik Support Resources 11/19/2013
Check out what was interesting during the week.November 20, 2013 2 min read -
Release
What's New in Kendo UI Q3 2013?
It’s Kendo UI launch day, once again, and if you joined us in our online keynote this morning, you’ve no doubt already seen many of the exciting new features that we’re releasing under the Q3 2013 banner of “Responsive UI for modern apps.” Our goal this quarter was to deliver a bevy of new features, enhancements and performance improvements designed to help you build compelling desktop and mobile web apps in a snap, and I think we’ve delivered on that promise! -
Mobile
Two Helpful Screen Share Utilities for Mobile Devices
Sharing your device's screen to a laptop or desktop has become an essential part of developing mobile apps - especially as teams have become increasingly distributed. In this post we examine two such utilities - Droid@Screen (for Android) and Reflector (for iOS). -
Productivity
Import TeamPulse Tasks into Google Calendar
Google calendar allows importing tasks from a .csv file, so this can be combined with the TeamPulse feature to export work items (including tasks) into the same format. Thanks to this straight-forward export/import process, a portion or all of your project related tasks can be synchronized with any device using Google calendar and you can always keep an eye on your assignments. In order to import your tasks from TeamPulse into Google calendar you need at least: TeamPulse R2 2013 version This TeamPulse version supports both export/import of work items to a .csv file and the creation of custom fields ...November 19, 2013 2 min read -
Web ASP.NET AJAX
Easily Show Data Trends with the Sparklines Layout of RadHtmlChart for ASP.NET AJAX
Sparklines are small charts, which could be embedded in tables, dashboards, etc. where the available space is limited and chart's dimensions are a concern. If you want to learn how easy it is to take advantage of their built-in functionality, this blog post is the best place to start with! -
Productivity Testing
Agile and Testing: It Only Makes Sense
As agile methodologies continue to grow in popularity in enterprise software development, many testers are unsure of their role in the process. Often it seems like unit testing is done by developers, acceptance testing by the product owner or users, and functional testing not at all. This leave testers wondering if test plans, test cases, UI testing, and defect management have any place at all in software today. There are still important roles for traditional testers in Agile methodologies, but these roles require a shift in both skills and thought processes. There is no question that testers have to be ...November 16, 2013 2 min read