Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
Since the Microsoft BUILD developer conference in April, there have been a raft of announcements and product updates concerning the company's developer tools and services. The official release of...
View ArticleiOS - Objective-C - Advanced: Creating a Class at Runtime
Yes, this may be an edge case, but it is a problem that you may run into one day. For example, say you're writing an App that requires you to accept any sort of random json or xml. While you could just...
View ArticleThree HTML5 features developers should embrace
HTML5, in one form or another, has been with us since 2004. In 2009 the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) joined forces to work on the...
View ArticleDeveloper News - What's IN with the Infragistics Community? (6/2-6/8)
If you missed last week's social media postings from Infragistics, here's what was hot in the community!5. 6 Tips for a Better Understanding of the User Experience (Medium.com)4. F# Discount Code for...
View ArticleUXify Bulgaria – Event Recap
For the first time in Bulgaria UXify Bulgaria was held on June 7, 2014. The conference was hosted at the Sofia Event Center. UXify is the biggest UX community event in Bulgaria and the whole region....
View ArticleHTML5 Game Development Workshop–Event Recap
Infragistics Friends group with the help of Infragistics Inc. and jQuery Sofia organized a training on the following topic: HTML5 Game Development.The event was held on Sunday, June 8th at...
View ArticleSQLSaturday #281 Edinburgh–BI Edition–Event Recap
Infragistics Inc. was a sponsor of SQLSaturday #281 – Edinburgh – BI Edition. Company provided licenses for the event raffle. Infragistics also was presented at SQLSaturday Edinburgh by me as a...
View ArticleHow to use templates to style the different nodes of the Ignite UI Tree control
Recently I published a blog about the changes around the template and how to use different template engines to customize the look and style of some of the Ignite UI controls. The Tree control goes...
View ArticleiOS Quick Tip: Create a UILabel Where Each Letter in the String is a...
In iOS 6, Apple introduced the NSMutableAttributedString class. Along with it, all of their UIViews which previously exposed a text property, now expose an "attributedText" property. Recently I was...
View ArticleOne Rule of UX Consulting
One Rule of UX ConsultingThere is a rule in consulting that many professionals don’t seem to understand (or want to believe). This rule applies regardless of your specialty. It doesn’t matter whether...
View ArticleExclusive Interview: Microsoft's Jay Schmelzer
We recently had the opportunity to chat with Jay Schmelzer, Director of Program Management at Microsoft. Jay shared his thoughts on why Office-inspired apps are so popular, where he sees Office in the...
View ArticleInfragistics Reporting Release Notes – June: 13.2, 14.1 Service Releases
With every release of Infragistics Reporting comes a set of release notes that reflects the state of resolved bugs and new additions from the previous release. You’ll find the notes useful to help...
View ArticleMobile Access to Analysis Services Reloaded with ReportPlus v3.0
As I mentioned in the release blog post of ReportPlus v3.0, we have invested in improving the overall experience of working with Analysis Services cubes from mobile devices, to define queries, and...
View ArticleDeveloper News - What's IN with the Infragistics Community? (6/16-6/22)
Dara here with your weekly news update!5. What UX Isn't (Medium.Com)4. Understanding the Four Layers of Javascript OOP (②ality – JavaScript and more)3. Xamarin and REST APIs (DZone)2. Microsoft is...
View ArticleBuilding Office Inspired Apps with Infragistics Ultimate
I'll never forget TechEd 2006 when Microsoft introduced the Office Ribbon with the Office Fluent User Interface in Office 2007 to developers. During TechEd, The Infragistics booth was buzzing with...
View ArticleInfographic: Why You Should Build Office-Inspired Apps
Why do many custom-built apps fail? Because they aren't familiar to their users. Check out the infographic below for more information on why you should build Office-inspired apps, and how Infragistics...
View ArticleCEE MVP Open Days 2014–Event Recap
CEE MVP Open Days 2014 was held on June 18 – 22, 2014 in Moscow and Rybinsk, Russia.CEE MVP Open Days is annual event for Microsoft MVP Award Program members who live in Central and Eastern Europe. The...
View ArticleiOS Quick Tip: Find the Size of a NSString
When writing an app, you sometimes comes across situations where you need to adjust the position and size of a label based on the size of the text. And that size could be different based on a...
View ArticleWEBINAR Q&A : How to Build Office-Inspired Apps
The following are the answers to the questions that were submitted to the Q&A box during the webinar on 6/19/2014. Thanks again for attending.Q: Is the new control (xamDiagram) available to...
View ArticleFive interesting web development trends so far this year
We have hit the half way point of the year, so it seemed a good time to take a look at some interesting trends we have seen so far in 2014. Hopefully you will recognise the majority of these, and will...
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