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Telerik Report Designer Review

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:24:19 GMT

Users in the Telerik Reporting Forums have been clamoring for a Stand-Alone Report Designer for a long time now. I've been working with Telerik Reporting for the past few years, which means I have spent my share of time researching issues in the forum. I have seen several posts by users asking for a Report Designer that doesn't require Vi...

Telerik XAML Controls and the VS11 Beta Release

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:13:23 GMT

Here's a quick update on everything related to the Visual Studio 11 Beta Release. For those eager to use our controls in VS11 Beta, we have good news for you - coming on March 21st, 2012 we officially roll out Service Pack 1 for Silverlight and WPF which will include limited support for VS11 Beta. Like many Beta products, we have discovered an issue with our XAML controls being automatically added to the ToolBox. We have alerted Microsoft of the issue and they are working to resolve them in the Visual Studio 11 RC. But for the time-being, we have a work-around included below for those of you eager to get a head start on VS11.

Win a Limited Edition JustDecompile T-Shirt

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:29:42 GMT

Until now, the Decompiled .NET Ninja T-shirts were not available to the public, but in recognition of the JustDecompile official version release, we will give away 50 Deco-Paks containing the limited edition JustDecompile T-shirt along with a bottle-opener, stress-ball and more (marginally useful paraphernalia).

Web Essentials and CSSCop for Visual Studio 2010

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:17:25 GMT

This post discuss about new features in Web Essentials extension and Image optimizer which helps developers to write web applications faster. A new extension CSSCop which is a FXCop for style sheets. You can download the Web Essentials for Visual Studio 2010 here. The CSSCop can be download from here. Download link for Image Optimizer is here. You can read my previous post on Web Standards update here to refresh your memories.

Microsoft Codename Cloud Numerics

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:32:54 GMT

Microsoft Codename "Cloud Numerics" is a new .NET programming framework which can be used to perform intensive numeric computations on large distributed data sets. If you are some one who works with large data sets, extracting the data and forming and simulating the models then you might need more computing power and memory.

Code analysis using Telerik JustCode

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:32:29 GMT

JustCode do on the fly analysis of the code. It does code analysis when you type the code and reports you and error or warning without any further delay...

JustCode Q3 2011 is Here

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:46:38 GMT

We are proud to announce the official release of Telerik JustCode Q3 2011. This release contains many features that we have launched over the past few months in internal builds, including Razor and CSS support, Visual Studio 11 support, a key mappings window, and many new refactorings!

New refactorings in JustCode

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:28:33 GMT

In the previous versions of Telerik JustCode we added some nice features that will help you quickly refactor your code...

Command Line Support and More in JustDecompile

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:06:24 GMT

Although the command prompt has fallen out of vogue in the past few years, developers and power users alike invoke cmd when a job calls for finesse. Command line support is also essential for many scripting and automation languages, such as MSBuild. JustDecompile has the ability to export code directly from the command prompt.

.NET Micro Framework - Version 4.2 RTM Today!!

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:04:33 GMT

"We are glad to announce today the RTM of the .NET Micro Framework version 4.2. You can download the SDK and PK as well as the all sources from our Codeplex project, client_v4_2 branch, at change number 13620. (We will be distributing 4.2 solely through the Codeplex site this time and not on downloads.microsoft.com)"

The All-In-One Code Framework Sample Browser goes Metro

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:11:59 GMT

The newly-updated Metro-style desktop app for the Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework <http://1code.codeplex.com/>. It allows you to browse, download, and submit new requests for a variety of common (practical) programming tasks.

Tiles in Windows Phone Mango - Part 2 : Tile Properties

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:33:11 GMT

In one of my previous post , i gave an overview of the Tiles in Windows Phone . In this Blog Post , i will explain the different properties of the Application and the Secondary Tiles in Windows Phone.

JustMock Q2 2011 SP1 Internal Build Released

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:27:55 GMT

A new internal build of Telerik JustMock was recently released with several new features and fixes.

Telerik RadControls for Windows Phone 7 : Part 1

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:54:57 GMT

Hi there, I am back with a new post on wonderful products by Telerik. SinceNokia and Microsoft deal Windows Phone 7 and to be precise Mango Phone development is a buzz. As a developer all we want to create killer apps for windows phone. RadControls for windows phone 7 enables us to create beautiful and powerful application.

Telerik JustCode Keeps Getting Better

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:48:47 GMT

Telerik JustCode Q3 2011 is just around the corner, but we're not waiting to bring you new features and enhancements for your favorite productivity tool. Telerik JustCode Q2 2011 Service Pack has been launched with a dazzling array of features and enhancements to make development fast and fun.

MbUnit 3 and Gallio Support for JustCode

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:28:14 GMT

The unit test runner in Telerik JustCode has supported five different unit testing frameworks: MSTest, xUnit, NUnit 2.5, MSPec, and MbUnit 2.4. MbUnit 3 is significantly different than prior iterations by having a different underlying engine: the Gallio Test Automation Platform. The newly released service pack for JustCode supports this framework, allowing you to take advantage of its many features.

Amazon Web Services toolkit for Visual Studio

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:47:05 GMT

Now you can work with AWS from Visual Studio, which gives developers an alternative to Azure and AppFabric. The toolkit allows full maintenance of several AWS products (including SimpleDB).

Reviewed: SmartAssembly 6.1 - .NET obfuscator and Automated Error Repo

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:16:50 GMT

Red Gate's SmartAssembly 6.1, which is a integrated collection of tools for modifying and manipulating assemblies.

Creating Parallel Workflow in SharePoint 2010

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:21:18 GMT

This post explains how to create parallel tasks in SharePoint 2010 workflow. The idea is we are going to assign the tasks to people and they can complete them in any order without having a dependency on one another. In this example we create a custom SharePoint list which contains a vacation request details looks as below

Accessing Web Services from Sandboxed Silverlight application in Share

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:03:20 GMT

This post discuss about accessing public web services from sandboxed Silverlight application in SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010 introduced the concept of sandboxed solution where the application runs in separate process outside the w3p process where SharePoint is running. Sandboxed solutions having the restriction to make a call to external resources like database and web services. This restriction causing the SharePoint developers to access these resources from sandboxed applications.

Your code as a Tag Cloud

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:05:21 GMT

Tag Cloud (word cloud) is a visual representation for text data. Words are usually placed on some rectangular area and the importance of each tag is shown with font size and/or color. This post suggests how to create a Tag Cloud out of your code. It further gives an interpretation of what the Tag Cloud could mean.

Manipulating images programmatically

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:26:23 GMT

The blogpost gives a conceptual understanding of how to manipulate Images within the .Net framework. It provides a conceptual understanding of how an image stores pixel information. It highlights some of the challenges that you will typically face while manipulating images.

My favorites in .NET

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:18:24 GMT

My favorites in .NET Recently, one of my friends asked me what technology within .NET i like most although he knew what the answer would be. Every software developers or programmers have some kind of preferred programming language or platform for them .There are few who like to work on anything (few exceptions). Over the past few years, i did get an opportunity to work on different ...

Constructors Made Easy with JustCode

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:33:22 GMT

Constructors are a necessary element of class design that typically involves repetitive work. Language teams try to reduce verbosity by moving patterns into language features. Where this terseness doesn't exist, tools such as Telerik JustCode can alleviate some of the work to make a smooth coding experience. Today, I will introduce a few features that make creating constructors easier.

Deploying a Windows Azure application Part1

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:04:25 GMT

This post discuss about deploying your web applications or WCF Applications to Windows Azure using the new Management Portal. Before deploying the application to portal , you need to have a subscription with Windows Azure read this post to signup for a Windows Azure account and to purchase a subscription.