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Iowa Code Camp Follow Up
If you were in the West Des Moines area on Saturday October 27, I hope you stopped by the Iowa Code Camp for a day of fun, tech, and food. There were a variety of great topics being presented by great...
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Reach further with IgniteUI jQuery Mobile controls and ASP.NET MVC
Out of the new and exciting things happening around IgniteUI is the enhancement of the mobile toolset. These controls are based on jQuery Mobile rather than jQuery UI, as it provides optimizations for...
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XamComboEditor: Adding CheckedMemberPath, ValueMemberPath, and SelectedValue...
My job as a Product Manager for Infragistics NetAdvantage for WPF and Silverlight has many aspects. One of those aspects is knowing the good and the bad about my product. Naturally it is always easier...
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Getting Started using NUCLiOS with MonoTouch Part 1: IGChartView
NUCLiOS is Infragistics toolset that allows you to create high performance iOS applications that feature the wonderful data visualization you have come to expect from our developer tools. If you are a...
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Microsoft Build Conference: Event Recap
IntroductionThe 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....
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NetAdvantage for Windows UI : Demo at Build Conference
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...
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From iPad to Surface – Day 8: Top 10 iPad Apps Missing in Windows Store
I’ve been an avid iPad user for 30 months and counting. I still love and use my Pad a lot, but I also bought a new Surface RT. Will my Surface ever completely replace my iPad? I don’t know yet, but I’d...
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6 Tools for Remote Unmoderated Usability Testing
Usability testing can take many forms & methods. The most common are : In-Person TestingDuring an in-person test, a user experience professional acts as the moderator and leads the session. The...
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A look at Windows Phone 8
Microsoft has gotten around to releasing a new version of its Windows operating system this week. Well, actually a couple of versions. As well as Windows 8 (what do you mean you missed it? It’s the one...
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Ignite UI jQuery Mobile layouts and ASP.NET MVC– wrapping it all up
After we’ve looked into the range of input jQuery mobile controls you can use with the greatest ease with Ignite UI ASP.NET MVC wrappers, there is something more you can do. If you try the snippets as...
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Nest 2.0 : A Visual Design Experience
Since its launch early last month, the second generation of Nest Labs' increasingly popular Learning Thermostathas caused much buzz similar to the one caused by its predecessor (remember the Apple-like...
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Creating a Bookshelf for your iOS Application
As this is my first post, before I begin, let me introduce myself. My name is Steve Zaharuk (SteveZ) and I've been working for Infragistics since 2004. I've worked on a lot of different platforms since...
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From iPad to Surface – Day 9: Favorite Fridays >> Windows Phone App
I’ve been an avid iPad user for 30 months and counting. I still love and use my Pad a lot, but I also bought a new Surface RT. Will my Surface ever completely replace my iPad? I don’t know yet, but I’d...
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Using Mental Models When Designing Web Applications
A mental model is based on a user’s belief, not the actual facts. Essentially, it is a model of what users think they know, not what actually exists. So a user's mental model of a website or...
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What do the Nexus 7 and iPad Mini mean for web browsing?
So the new Nexus 7 has finally been released. As well as a price drop, the storage capacity of the top model has been bumped up to 32GB. Google’s timing was obviously related to the launch of the long...
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Creating a Netflix style iOS Grid
If you've ever used the iOS Netflix app, you've seen their opening screen. It's a list of sections and each section has a horizontal scrolling list of movies and tv shows. In my opinion this is a...
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From iPad to Surface: Landscape vs. Portrait
I’ve been an avid iPad user for 30 months and counting. I still love and use my Pad a lot, but I also bought a new Surface RT. Will my Surface ever completely replace my iPad? I don’t know yet, but I’d...
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The Microsoft Kinect Fusion add-on
The Microsoft Kinect Fusion add-onIt has been a research project for a while now, but Microsoft chose last week’s BUILD conference to go public with their innovative 3D device. So what is Fusion? It is...
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5 Tips for Configuring Ignite UI Grid Columns
The default settings found in the Ignite UI igGrid make working with data easy, but with a little customization you can quickly change how the data appears in each column.1. Manually Define ColumnsThe...
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From iPad to Surface – Favorite Fridays >> Google App
I’ve been an avid iPad user for 30 months and counting. I still love and use my Pad a lot, but I also bought a new Surface RT. Will my Surface ever completely replace my iPad? I don’t know yet, but I’d...
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