The first service pack for Telerik JustCode Q2 2011 was recently released, but the development team is forging ahead with even more new features to make your life easier. New internal builds brings Razor and CSS support, which is welcome news for web developers using JustCode.

Razor

If you have developed applications in ASP.NET MVC 3, you are familiar with the new Razor view engine. It brings code closer to markup, and it’s fitting that its files use the extensions cshtml and vbhtml.

The JustCode features you are familiar with now work on the C#, VB, JavaScript, and Html code inside Razor files. This includes...

By inheriting from RadDataBoundListBox, RadJumpList gets all the functionality that is normally introduced there. This is also the case with the support for the Check Boxes mode we recently introduced in RadDataBoundListBox. Basically, just as in RadDataBoundListBox, you can enable and activate the check mode in RadJumpList, check/uncheck items and also handle events that inform you when an item has been checked or unchecked. You also have access to the CheckedItems collection which can be used to programmatically check or uncheck items:

Now we have decided to extend this mode in RadJumpList since in the context of grouping items (what actually sets RadJumpList apart...

I posted a video recently of how to get started using the RadBusyIndicator for WP7. Feel free to check it out and leave comments in the section below.

Title:

Getting Started with the RadBusyIndicator

Description:

Today we are going to be looking at getting started with the RadBusyIndicator which is part of the Telerik RadControls for Windows Phone 7 control suite for .NET Mobile development. The RadBusyIndicator enables you to display a progress animation and thus inform your end-users that a long-lasting operation is performed. The control delivers 8 different animation styles out-of-the-box and also allows for designing custom animations. You can specify...

Here are the upcoming XAML Talks that I have scheduled. If you are attending any of them then feel free to stop by and say Hello.

All About Xaml – 10/27/2011 @ 6PM – WinRT XAML/C# and what this means for SL Developers.

Desert Code Camp – 11/5/2011 in Chandler, Arizona.

Title:
Getting started with Silverlight 5

Abstract:
This session is designed for people who want to quickly understand the key features in Silverlight 5. We will walk you through downloading the bits to finally starting your first project starting from File->New Projects. We will also take a look at several key features such as XAML...

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 touch support for the grid,...

During the previous episode we explored some of the controls that are being used within the CRM demo, including RadDomainDataSource, RadSparklines, RadUniformGrid, and RadCoverFlow, but don’t think we stopped there with uses for the RadControls for Silverlight suite. All of those were found within a single view of a single module, helping to better streamline development and provide the performance and functionality we are looking for, but that leaves quite a few other modules to cover. Since we’ll be seeing it pop up more than a few times, I thought it would be best to take a look...

I bet that everyone using a Windows Phone have noticed the slick animations that are applied to a single item when it is removed or added to the viewport in the native mail client. That happens when you sync and the recent mail is added on top of the other items.
Inspired by this, we decided to extend our RadDataBoundListBox and provide out-of-the-box support for per-item animations. Moreover, we made sure to allow customizations like defining your own animations, performing batch animations when resetting the source collection and defining a time interval between each separate animation when performing a batch operation.

So...

It has been a really dynamic quarter – the new Mango update of the OS is officially out introducing plenty of awesome new features, Nokia World has just started and the first Nokia Windows Phone device has been announced. No argument exciting moments for the entire Windows Phone ecosystem and much more to come. In the meantime we are working hard to continue enriching our suite and to make a developer's life easier, especially when the whole new Nokia realm is now alive – we are happy to announce the Q3 2011 BETA release of RadControls for Windows Phone. An important thing...

Our team got so excited about the new addition to the Windows Phone family and all the new development opportunities opening up that we created a Nokia Lumia skin for our WP7 emulator just for fun. And then we thought that you might have fun skinning your emulator in the smoking hot black or white Nokia Lumia skin too. 

Download for free our Nokia Lumia WP7 Emulator Skin and dress up your WP7 emulator.

The zip file contains a Readme.txt file which explains in several simple steps what you need to do to skin your emulator. 

If you are already a Telerik customer...

The final major release of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX for this year brings new controls, embedded Metro skin and a plethora of new features for the existing controls to the table. The Q3 2011 Beta preview which has just been uploaded on the site (both for TRIAL and COMMERCIAL users) grants a direct access to the pre-release bits to play with them at your disposal. Read on to learn more about the Beta:

Org Chart | Social Share | Metro Skin | Items drag and drop on mobile

The Premium Telerik AJAX component set grows with a couple more controls - Org Chart and...