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Productivity Testing
30 Days of TDD – Day 22 – When is a Test Not a Unit Test?
The focus of this series has been Test Driven Development. TDD relies on unit tests, and so the focus of this series has been on unit testing. And just to make sure I’m clear; your unit tests, and the practice of letting them drive your development are VERY important! But the truth is that unit testing is not the only kind of testing that you should be thinking about. -
Web
Getting Started with PIE and Other DataViz Charts
So you’ve got an amazing app or service, more users than you can count, and a ton of data that you want to share with the world. So what do you do with that data? Do you write your own charts and graphs in pure HTML and CSS? Do you slog through the process of drawing your own with a raw HTML Canvas or SVG library? Or do you sit back, relax and drop a few Kendo UI DataViz controls in place, tell them where to grab your data and take a vacation while the rest of the internet tries to get browser compatibility in to their hand-built charts? Not me. I'm going to pick DataViz over hand-rolled stuff, any day. And better yet - I'm going to help you get started with pie! (and other chart types, too) -
Mobile
Getting Started with Telerik Everlive - Your Cloud-Based Backend Service
Imagine yourself developing a new web or hybrid mobile application. One of your first major considerations is probably going to be your application's backend data. The complexity of the backend can be overwhelming to many developers, especially those who have been solely focused on frontend development for some time now. Well today I'd like to walk you through a relatively new offering from Telerik - and that is Telerik Everlive. Telerik Everlive is your "Backend as a Service" (BaaS) which allows you to move your database into the cloud with an automatically generated RESTful service layer, file storage, user management, and notifications all bundled together. Fear the database no more, with Telerik Everlive we handle the heavy lifting for you - all you need to do is write your code! -
Mobile
jQuery Mobile and Kendo UI Mobile - A DOM Comparison
jQuery Mobile and Kendo UI Mobile are similar projects with similar goals. While the frameworks take the same approach at a high level, the specific implementations are somewhat different. In this article we'll compare and contrast the markup structures each framework expects. -
Release
Q3 2013 SP1 of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX is live
The Q3 2013 Service pack 1 of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX is out and brings support for Visual Studio 2013 and Internet Explorer 11. -
Mobile
Telerik Data Storage for Windows 8: Working With Indices
Database indices are a powerful tool that allows improvement of query execution time. This post introduces the database indices in general and their support in Data Storage for Windows 8.November 14, 2013 7 min read -
Productivity Testing
30 Days of TDD – Day 21 – A Tale of Two Defects
Test Driven Development changes the way you approach development of new features in your application. But it doesn’t stop there. Good TDD practice extends to the way you deal with all features and code you add to your application. In this post you’ll see how the practices of TDD extend to defects and demonstrates that your tests are part of your code and why it’s important to pay attention to their quality as well. -
Web ASP.NET AJAX
10 Game-changing Features of Visual Studio 2013 for the ASP.NET Developer-Free Whitepaper from Telerik
In this post, we are announcing a new Telerik whitepaper about the enhancements in Visual Studio 2013 and how they benefit ASP.NET developers. Click through to learn more and download your free copy today! -
Mobile
How to Build and Deploy to an iOS Device Using the Icenium Extension for Visual Studio
It's easy to deploy to an iOS device for testing when you're using Icenium - even if you're working within Visual Studio on a Windows machine! In this post, Jim Cowart walks you through your options of using Icenium Ion and using a provisioning profile to easily install iOS apps while you develop.November 13, 2013 4 min read -
Release
JustMock Q3 2013 SP1 is the last version to support integration in Visual Studio 2008 and installation on XP/2003
We will continue making JustMock compatible with every new version of Windows and Visual Studio.