• XML Syntax Rules

    Friday, April 03, 2009 by ASP.NET AJAX Team | Go comment!

    All XML Elements Must Have a Closing Tag

    In HTML, you will often see elements that don't have a closing tag: 

    <p>This is a paragraph 
    <p>This is another paragraph 
     

    In XML, it is illegal to omit the closing tag. All elements must have a closing tag:
    <p>This is a paragraph</p> 
    <p>This is another paragraph</p>  
     

     

     Note: You might have noticed from the previous example that the XML declaration did not have a closing tag. This is not an error. The declaration is not a part of the XML document itself, and it has no closing tag.

    XML Tags are Case Sensitive

    XML elements are defined using XML tags.
    XML tags are case sensitive. With XML, the tag <Letter> is different from the...

  • MVC design template

    Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by ASP.NET MVC Team | Go comment!

    We have just uploaded a contribution to Microsoft’s MVC design contest – a web-design template free for all to use with the MVC framework. Our entry is a clean, simple, blue-themed web-design generic enough to fit a broad range of scenarios. Please feel free to download and jumpstart your next project.

    Telerik's entry for the Microsoft's MVC Design Contest

    We thought the contest was a great way to further support our clients in their switch to the MVC. Our RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX already boasts full support for the MVC (see live demo, join our forums), so we thought providing an out-of-the-box design solution is a logical next step. Initiatives like this...