I am happy to announce the immediate availability of the Telerik MVC Extensions Q1 2012 Beta release! With it comes the longed-for Area chart type as well as a bunch of new features for the majority of the existing chart types supported by our MVC charting. We are also shipping a plethora of small and medium-sized features across all the Telerik MVC extensions, as well as formal support for the Chrome 16 and FireFox 10 browser versions.

I won't go into much detail about each and every new functionality delivered with the Beta and, consecutively, the upcoming official major release ...

The chart component for the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC is a rapidly expanding MVC component. Not only are we adding many new features, but we’re also increasing the available chart types. With the introduction of Q3 2011 we were able to start using two new chart types - Scatter and Scatter Line. Both types allow you to plot points anywhere on your chart area, as long as you provide each point with X and Y values. Let’s take a look at how you can implement these chart types, as well as take use of some new features introduced in ...

Now that the final major release of the Telerik DevTools division is behind our backs, it is time to make some preliminary plans for year 2012. The AJAX and MVC suites received important updates throughout 2011 and, as you probably expect, this trend will continue next year. One tad you need to have in mind is that the DevTools release will be shifted one month ahead, therefore it will be out in mid February, instead of mid March as it used to be.

This means that you will get all that is slated for the next release sooner than you ...

Following the Q3 2011 Beta previews of our AJAX and MVC components, I am happy to present you the official new major release of both bundles. Aside from the new functionality that has been instituted with the Beta packs, there a few more important spotlights that I would like to draw your attention to.

MVC Scatter Chart

In addition to the Pie chart which marked its debut with the Q3'11 MVC Beta release, we inaugurate the scatter/scatter line chart types as two more visualization options when you want to display your data in charting format. Here are a couple of ...

Two days after the Telerik AJAX Q3 2011 Beta launch we are presenting you the MVC Q3'11 Beta preview bits. Among the highlights are the new Metro skin for all Telerik MVC Extensions, improved mobile support, new Pie chart series type, keyboard support for the editor and a bunch of new features for the grid extension. The compressed packages for the Open Source and Commercial distributions are ready and steady for download.

Enhanced Mobile Support | Metro skin

With this early preview we are conveying improved mobile support for our MVC extensions in terms of drag & drop and ...

Right in the apogee of THE //build conference when the Microsoft developer community is impatiently swallowing the news revolving around the future of the Windows and .NET development, we are delivering for you the service pack releases for the Telerik AJAX and MVC product lines. And not to distract you from collecting the information that is pouring every day over the mass media, I will briefly give you the highlights (in terms of enhancements) of our maintenance releases.

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2011 SP1

Trial Download | Paid Download | Release notes | Live Demos | Online Documentation...

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I know that some of you, fellow developers, are enjoying the hot summer days and took well-deserved vacations during this period of the year - spending them by the beach with an icy cocktail in hand and getting bronze tan. And I envy you a little for that :) But here, in the Telerik HQ, the working cycle constantly spins no matter what the odds and the weather are, and the time has come to share with you our AJAX and MVC Q3 2011 plans.

AJAX Roadmap (View)

Quick highlights

• Two new controls: Social Share and Org Chart ...

With the release of Q2 2011 we here at Telerik are proud to announce the Chart Extension for ASP.NET MVC. This component has been designed from the ground up with a high focus on performance and cross-browser compatibility and is based off of SVG and VML (for browsers that do not support SVG). Many of you are probably interested in how you can start working with the chart and this blog post should help guide you along the first couple of steps.

Server Binding

Out-of-the-box the chart component can very easily bind to any supplied model on the server. If ...