It is a great pleasure for me to share an exciting news with you. As of today we are opening the source code of Bookvar mind mapping tool. You can find the source on Codeplex right next to other open source initiatives of ours, like Telerik MVC Extensions and CAB Enabling Kit for WinForms.

A few caveats about the source code

There are a few things that you need to know about the source code:

• Most of the code was written when we were quite new to WPF and we were pioneering all those concepts. Looking back at that time I realize there are things that...

One of the coolest things in every new developer platform is the challenge to master the entire framework in a way that enables you to create high quality, greatly optimized controls that behave in exactly the same way a user would expect to. Yesterday Microsoft announced that more than 300 000 developers have already downloaded the WP7 Developer Tools Beta. Based entirely on Silverlight, phone development has never been easier and more fun than in the Windows Phone 7 environment.

With these series of blogs I want to reveal some tricky moments in developing a simple DatePicker control for WP7....

Yesterday we saw all the plumbing involved to lay a groundwork for RadUpload being used to add files to applicants. Today we actually dive into the code for getting RadUpload working in the MVVM application.

The first step in this is deciding where to add the ability to upload files. Doing this within the main Applicants grid is nice (since we're already using the RowDetails presenter), but that'll clutter up the UI there as I want to switch that into a quick and easy overview of each applicant. So instead we're modifying the AddEditApplicantView to make it tab-based, providing one tab...

Yesterday and today we shipped the official Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC Q2 2010 and RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2010 SP1 releases. My colleague Atanas highlighted the new hot extensions and features added to the Telerik MVC components family in this blog post, so I will leave him the glory and the applause :) The fixes and minor enhancements in the AJAX suite can be found in the release notes here. You may also be interested in reviewing the updated versions of the AJAX demos and documentation at the usual locations.

Stand by for the Q3 2010 Roadmaps for both product lines which will...

One of the enhancements that the HR team has been asking for since I first launched this is the ability to attach some of the files that applicants send to the applicants once they are entered into the system.  This way, when looking through applicants anyone can easily view their resume, cover letter, or project (yes, sometimes there are projects!) as well as add a rating value to the project.  Seeing as we have a RadUpload control for Silverlight, I figured this would be a great opportunity to get that running in the application, especially since we have the new...

In case you've missed it, the Q3 2010 Telerik Reporting Roadmap has been posted on our site.

Although seemingly short, our plans are quite exciting, because we are to extend the report interactivity we introduced in Q2 2010 with Drill-down (expand/collapse) and Sorting for our crosstab, table, and list report items. In addition, we have started working on a XML Report Serialization Engine which will allow report definitions to be represented in XML and saved as a stand-alone XML file.

Finally, an important note: in Q3 2010 the Silverlight Report Viewer will be build against Silverlight 4 only. The reason is simple: the Silverlight Report Viewer utilizes our RadControls for Silverlight controls and themes, which...

 

This week we release a service pack for JustCode Q2 2010. You can get the full details about the release here, but I wanted to point out a few highlights that might be of interest.

New auto-updating functionality

This service pack improves the current auto-updating functionality with the addition of one new option. By now you could get notifications only when a new official release or service pack was available. With this new option you will get notified for available internal builds as well.

By default it is on, but if prefer to stick only to the official released versions you can switch...

Yesterday and today we shipped the official Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC Q2 2010 and RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2010 SP1 releases. My colleague Atanas highlighted the new hot extensions and features added to the Telerik MVC components family in this blog post, so I will leave him the glory and the applause :) The fixes and minor enhancements in the AJAX suite can be found in the release notes here. You may also be interested in reviewing the updated versions of the AJAX demos and documentation at the usual locations.

Stand by for the Q3 2010 Roadmaps for both product lines which will...

It’s a fact! The highly anticipated Q2 2010 release has just been pushed. As usual the online demos are at http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc. You can check your Telerik accounts for the download links.

What’s new

I’ve highlighted the new features and components in a previous blog post. Here are the things which have changed since then:

• Lots of new features for the editor:
• font name and size
• background and foreground color
• block formatting (paragraph, headings etc)
• smart indent and outdent
• predefined styles
• HTML snippets
• support for custom tools
• localization support
• Razor support – we may have to update it once the guys from Microsoft advance with the development…
• Fixes and performances optimizations. We have fixed all...

After the success Telerik pulled off at this year’s StarEast conference where our automated testing tools were officially introduced, now we are getting ready to attend and sponsor this fall’s premier software testing conference – StarWest, which will take place in San Diego, September 26 –October 1. The event is a great way to get a glimpse of the newest technologies and tools on the market, while networking with industry experts and QA peers.

Make sure to stop by our booth #9-10 in the Sapphire “A” Ballroom to chat with the Telerik crew and learn all the cool new features WebUI Test Studio...