Creating a SPA using Telerik Kendo UI
As the SPA concept and the modern web technology behind it have grown, so have the available frameworks to support its development. A SPA is a great way to create a smooth client experience similar to...
View ArticleManipulating a kendo view on show
When calling a kendo view there is a timing issue related to interacting with or manipulating a data-bound control and its child items in the DOM. In my case I needed to automatically scroll to the...
View ArticleKendo UI SPA and Require.js
As you build a Kendo UI single-page app, one of the first decisions you will have to make is how you want to organize your code. Unlike some other SPA frameworks, for example Durandal, Kendo’s SPA...
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Kendo Grid Hierarchy with Shared Column Headers
The Kendo Grid is one of the most complex and configurable widgets in the Kendo framework. One of the options is to use a hierarchical grid which allows you to display data in a master/detail or...
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Kendo UI: Displaying a Custom Message when Grid is Empty
By default the Kendo UI Grid doesn’t provide the user with any feedback when the grid is empty. The grid just displays the column headers. When paging is enabled things get a little better but this...
View ArticleConnect KendoUI AutoComplete to MVC Action
The Kendo UI AutoComplete widget supports server-side filtering by default, but normally it expects to work with an OData datasource. If you’re not using Web API and just want to use a simple MVC...
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Check for duplicate items in Kendo UI ListView before adding the item from...
In one of the projects I’m working on, I had a requirement to do the following tasks: Show a list of items in Kendo UI AutoComplete. It will fetch JSON data from the ASP.NET MVC Action. Add selected...
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Use Twitter Bootstrap grid layout inside a Kendo widget
Twitter Bootstrap is a fine foundation to build your website on, and it is easy to put Kendo widgets into a Bootstrap grid layout. But what if you want to use Bootstrap grid layouts within a Kendo...
View ArticleUsing the AngularJS $http Service inside a Kendo UI DataSource
This is post #1 of 2 in the series “Using the AngularJS $http Service inside a Kendo UI DataSource” Kendo UI is a widget library full of great UI widgets, but its also an application framework for...
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Kendo Editor with a Disabled Binding in MVVM
Have you ever used the Disabled binding on Kendo widgets with MVVM? It is really helpful to restrict the user’s editing, either based upon their current selections or based upon some login or role...
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Stop Kendo Template Capitalization Mishaps in Visual Studio 2014 Copy/Paste
If you have ever used Copy/Paste to move a Kendo template to a new file in Visual Studio 2014, you may have seen some odd changes in the new version. It was a source of frustration for me, when I would...
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The Best Developer Articles of 2014
It’s a new year, sure, but we we’re not quite ready to give up our most popular articles of 2014. From simple tips to deep dives into code, these posts have it all! AngularJS and Kendo UI – Part 1 –...
View ArticleTestable ViewModels with Kendo and Jasmine
This is post #1 of 3 in the series “The Road to Testing” Introduction This post is the first in what I hope becomes a series chronicling my journey from completely untestable code to code that is...
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Kendo ObservableObject subclasses: prototype vs init
This is post #2 of 3 in the series “The Road to Testing” An Unscheduled Detour I said that my next post was going to be about how to test Kendo DataSources using the techniques I described last time,...
View ArticleHow to use SignalR with Kendo UI
Why SignalR? For most Kendo projects that I’ve been involved with, Kendo UI consumes JSON data originating from an ASP.NET controller (either a JsonResult action or a WebAPI action). The lifecycle is...
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Falafel Team Selected as Telerik Developer Experts
Telerik recently announced the launch for their new Telerik Developer Network, and with it the Telerik Developer Experts program. We’re excited to say that Telerik chose not just one, but FOUR of our...
View ArticleTesting a Kendo ViewModel DataSource
This is post #3 of 3 in the series “The Road to Testing” Welcome to the next step on the road to testing! So far I’ve shown a way to take the ordinary, one-off way of defining ViewModels and moving...
View ArticleCustom Skin for Kendo UI DataViz Components
Kendo UI DataViz is a collection of components targeting data visualization such as charts, gauges and diagrams. These elements are indispensable in any application that deals with data aggregation and...
View ArticleMake a Kendo MVVM calculated field depend on DataSource data
Imagine this: You are developing a web page that displays data in a grid but you also want to be able to show various other views and aggregations outside the grid. How would you do it? You could hook...
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Sitefinity Asynchronous Search with WebAPI
Overview Sitefinity CMS features a powerful internal Search Engine that allows your site visitors to search your content and find what they are looking for. The Search Engine is built on top of the...
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