There is an emerging school of thought that believes that HTML5 is the ideal technology for UI development- even on the desktop.  This concept is being explored and adopted mainly by the financial vertical. There are various reasons for technical decision makers to move in this direction such as:

• Build a bridge or interim state when moving apps from Desktop to web.

• With HTML5 quickly becoming the standard in web dev…

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of representing Infragistics as the Gold sponsor for Seattle Code Camp 2015.  

The event was well-organized.  Over 40 speakers delivered 50 sessions to over 400 attendees.

Topic categories included web dev, modern js frameworks, mobile, infrastructure, as well as soft skills.

The Infragistics booth was a popular stop for developers.  Indigo Studio and our upcoming 15.2 release were two…

I want to thank everything for spending time with us to learn about our developer tools offerings.

The following is a list of related resources:

Free trial of Infragistics Ultimate.  This includes all of the tools and controls that we covered:

Ultimate Free Trial

Webinar Recording

Infragistics YouTube Channel

Infragistics Blogs

Enjoy!

Anand

Thanks for attending our webinar this week.  The turnout was wonderful and we enjoyed interacting with all of you.

I’ve compiled the Q&A below, and added / enhanced some of the answers where possible.  If you have any other questions, please email me at araja@infragistics.com.

Q:  WPF Grid performance - any new major changes in this release?

A:  Our WPF Grid is the fastest performing grid on the market.  Performance…

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 WinForm application?

A: The control is currently built in XAML – however you could use this WPF control within your Windows Forms application through the use of Element Host.

Here is a Microsoft article walk-through that…

Last Tuesday, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Most Valuable Member event of the Inland Empire User Group.  This was the 6th year for the  MVM event which was held at the San Bernadino Hilton.  I did a lightning talk on building an HTML5 Single Page Application.  The following are some hightlight pictures:

When you’re mobile, do you ever find yourself digging through your email in order to access a document?  This is one of the mobile challenges that the  Local Files feature of SharePlus solves.

This brief video demonstrates how to save an email attachment to your SharePlus Local Files for offline viewing: http://youtu.be/dbAPSiqm1vg

When we are mobile, it is often the case that we work with only a subset of the SharePoint lists that are available to us.  Two methods may be employed to hide unused Lists and Subsites.  The first method requires administrative privileges and is described in the following article: http://www.infragistics.com/community/blogs/anand_raja/archive/2012/04/03/how-to-disable-the-viewing-of-specific-lists-in-shareplus.aspx . 

Are you interested in learning how to use the most comprehensive HTML5 / JQ toolkit on the market?  

Please check out our Free video course:

• Ignite UI Introduction: 6 videos
• igGrid Introduction: 5 videos
• igGrid Interactive Features: 4 videos

SharePlus 3.8 Released

SharePlus has been following a “themed” release pattern.  This release methodology groups releases based on feature type.  The 3.8 version is themed “Security” and contains new features that provide the Enterprise with enhanced data protection.

3.8 Features

Application Encryption

In addition to  the iOS Data Protection mechanism, SharePlus now provides a customizable application…

I'd like to thank everyone who attended this week's HTML5/JS webinars.  The following is a list of related resources.

How to Build an HTML5/JS Single Page Application

• Watch Video
• Sample Code

How to Build an HTML5/JS LOB Application

• Sample Code (both sample sets are contained in the same zip file).

Additional Links

• HTML5 app building interactive tutorial that allows you to pick your own stack …

Please join me for tomorrow’s (January 30, 2013) webinar.  11:00 AM EST

Gain a solid introduction Single Page Applications (SPAs), a format growing in popularity as the world embraces HTML5/JS.

Understand how SPAs deliver a responsive, native-like end-user experience

Discover the benefits and challenges

Walk through a tutorial and learn how to build an SPA

Download your free trial of Ignite UI to get ready for the…

Stellar Sessions, Good times, Great folks!

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the CodeMash event in Sandusky, Ohio.  Hailing from Detroit, it was great to be back in my childhood summer stomping ground.   As a strong supporter of the development community, Infragistics was proud to be a sponsor.  Jim Holmes did an outstanding job as the lead organizer of the event.  It was held in the lively yet…

Come See Us!

Attention all CodeMashers: Please visit us at our booth for:

• Killer demos of our new HTML5/JQ offerings
• A chance to win a Kindle HD
• Secrets on jazzing up your mobile apps

At the end of this article, the reader will understand what MVVM is, why it is useful, and how open source JavaScript frameworks like Knockout can help deliver MVVM applications.

Topics covered in this article:

• What is MVVM

• Benefits of MVVM

• How to implement data binding in a jQuery application using Knockout

What is MVVM?

The Model-View-View Model (MVVM) pattern is a software architectural design…

Answers to Webinar Questions:

Thank you for joining the webinar.  The following are answers to questions that were submitted via the chat box:

Q1.  Does it make sense to use Knockout with MVC 4?  It seems to me that the controller, combined with AutoMapper basically does the same job as Knockout does for a Single Page Application.

It depends. Please take a look at the following links that describe mapping techniques…

I’d like to thank everyone who joined this morning’s webinar. The source code for the sample applications used in today’s webinar can be downloaded using the links below:

1. WPF MVVM Sample Application
2. HTML5/JQ MVVM Sample Application using Knockout

There was a great turnout for today’s webinar.  It may take a few days before the answers are posted to the submitted questions due to the…

Leverage your C#/XAML skills to build HTML5/JS apps

If you are a C#/XAML developer who'd like to learn how to build HTML5/JS apps, please join me tomorrow for our free webinar.  The following is the agenda:

1. Review of MVVM fundamentals
2. Walk-through of basic WPF MVVM app
3. Introduction to KnockoutJs
4. Building HTML5/JS MVVM apps

The webinar will be on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM ET.

Be sure…

We are doing a free webinar tomorrow. 

Please download your free trial version of ReportPlus and sign up for our webinar, Build Dashboards and Reports on the iPad.

ReportPlus puts in your hands the power to build meaningful reports and dashboards. You won't want to miss our webinar to learn the ins and outs.

The Build Dashboards and Reports on the iPadwebinar begins at 11:00 AM EDT on Thursday, December 6, 2012…

The source code for the sample applications used in my Knockout JS talk at Javascript Saturday can be downloaded using the links below:

1. WPF MVVM Sample Application
2. HTML5/JQ MVVM Sample Application using Knockout

Basics

Infragistics was proud to be a sponsor of Desert Code Camp in Chandler, Arizona.  The event was held on Saturday, November 17th at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.  About 500 folks dedicated a beautiful Saturday to learning the latest in software development technology.

Tracks

Popular session tracks included:

• .Net
• Mobile
• JavaScript  
• HTML/CSS

Giveaways

We gave away NetAdvantage Ulti…

The Basics

I had the pleasure of being part of the Infragistics team at the 2012 Microsoft SharePoint conference in Las Vegas the week of November 12th, 2012.  Over 10,000 registered attendees from about 85 countries descended upon the Mandalay Bay hotel for this event.  Attendees included regional SharePoint community leaders, such as Dan Attis from Atlanta and Tom Resing from Texas.  Both gentleman organize regional…

At last week’s Build conference, we demoed our Windows 8 controls.  The following is a video walk-through of our “Running Totals” Windows 8 demo app.  This app was  created using NetAdvantage for Windows UI.  The video can also be found on the official Build video channel.

Infragistics Windows 8 Controls

You may download the free beta version of our controls here.

Introduction

The Infragistics team was excited to support the Windows 8 effort as a Microsoft partner.  The conference took place on Microsoft’s Redmond campus from October 29 – November 2nd, 2012. 

Opening Keynote

The opening keynote was led by Steve Ballmer who outlined the Windows 8 developer opportunity.  Find the full recording here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/1-001.

Attendee Givea…

I attended and spoke at the Silicon Valley Code Camp this past weekend in Sunnyvale, CA.  This is one of the largest Code Camps with over 3,500 registered attendees.   The Foothill College campus was an ideal venue due to the sprawling layout.  Peter Kellner did a superb job of organizing the event.

Microsoft was present to show off their “Microstang.”  Being from Detroit,  I was naturally drawn to this custom…