Web optimization with MVC webinar this week

This week's Weekly Webinar puts me back in the driver's seat to take you on a tour of some very cool tools in Telerik's open source Extensions for MVC. We'll be taking an extended look at the web asset optimization components, ScriptRegistrar and StylesheetRegistrar. These tools have been around since the beginning of our efforts with MVC, but they have been significantly improved with the evolution of the Extension suite. In this webinar, we'll dive-deep and explore the various ways these two components make it easy to embrace the four "Cs" of web optimization:

• Combine (reducing initial requests)
• Cache (reducing follow-up requests)
• Compress (reducing bits over the wire)
• Content Delivery Network (reducing latency to bits)

If you're working with MVC, this will be an event you don't want to miss. The techniques I will demo will make it possible to optimize your JavaScript and CSS resources as much as technically possible. We'll also explore the new Telerik CDN (with support for MVC), and cover some future-looking topics about the next release of the Telerik Extensions. It will be a fast-paced, info-packed, Todd Anglin signature webinar. If you want to join, register now to save your spot and get a link to the live event. You must attend live to participate in the Q&A, and that is often where some of the best info gets shared. The live event happens this Thursday, February 4th at 11:00 AM EST (8:00 AM PST, 4:00 PM GMT). See you on Thursday!

New Sitefinity webinar on Telerik TV, Multi-language & Localization Support

Miss this week's Weekly Webinar? This week was another turn for Sitefinity CMS, and that means another great webinar from Sitefinity Evangelist Gabe Sumner. Gabe covered "Multi-language and Localization Support" for Sitefinity this week, so anyone who has been interested in using Telerik's CMS in a multi-language or international environment should find the content interesting. Topics covered include:

• Overview of ASP.NET localization
• Localizing Sitefinity pages
• Changing localization cultures
• Localizing the Sitefinity Admin
• Much more, obviously...

The live webinar recording is already on Telerik TV for your immediate viewing pleasure. You can also find extensive notes on this topic on Sitefinity Watch. Gabe prepare's notes for every webinar and they are a great learning resource if you learn better by following notes vs. watching a video. In fact, if you're a Sitefinity developer (or fan), make sure you're subscribed to Sitefinity Watch for all of the latest and greatest news on that front.

Watch Sitefintiy Localization webinar on Telerik TV

Understanding Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC webinar replay

Did you miss today's Weekly Webinar? If you did, you missed a fun event talking about the new open source Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. In an hour, we covered everything from the root reason web developers need somthing like ASP.NET MVC to how Telerik's Extensions work in Visual Studio to what you can expect in the next Extensions release. There was even a good Q & A session at the end of today's event, but that's a perk for those people that attend the event live (thanks, by the way, to all of you that joined me today!).

If you want to catch the content on-demand, the recording of today's session is now on Telerik TV (and embeded above), so start it in the background and enjoy some Telerik MVC information. Meanwhile, Telerik is working hard to prepare some great MVC UI components for our Q3 2009 release, so stay tuned to Telerik Watch and the Telerik Blogs for more details very soon!

Watch recorded webinar in full resolution on Telerik TV

Weekly Webinars resume tomorrow with Silverlight 3

Have you been missing your weekly dose of new, live Telerik webinar content? After a brief hiatus to let the Q2 2009 Release settle-in, and some time-off to accommodate everyone's summer R&R, it's time to get the Telerik Weekly Webinars back in gear. Getting things started tomorrow is Telerik DE Evan Hutnick who will be doing a new webinar on using the RadControls for Silverlight in Silverlight 3. Evan will explore the use of new Silverlight features, like validation, .NET RIA Services, and Out-of-browser apps, with the Telerik RadControls. (If you missed the announcement in the ASP.NET MVC excitement, Telerik officially shipped support for Silverlight 3 a few weeks ago.) Clear your morning and register now for this free event. As usual, the webinar will be this Thursday, August 27th (tomorrow!) at 11:00 AM Eastern. The event will also be recorded and uploaded to Telerik TV for on-demand viewing. Enjoy the webinar and stay tuned for next week's webinar details, where once again I will be your humble host. Register for free Telerik Silverlight developer webinar

Telerik Sales Dashboard webinar wrap-up, Slides and Video

Miss today's Weekly Webinar? No problem. The on-demand resources are ready for your viewing pleasure both here on Telerik Watch and on Telerik TV. First, I'd like to thank those of you that took time out of your day to join the live event- hopefully we were able to answer your questions and you were able to extract some good learning. For everyone else, you missed a webinar that covered a lot. And since there is so much covered in this webinar, and since I know it can be challenging to decide if it's worth watching a 1 hour online video, here are some questions to ask yourself to help you make your decision:

• Do you want to know how to build an application for Silverlight or WPF that uses "enterprise grade" patterns?
• Do you want to see a "best practices" approach for structuring your Visual Studio solution when building a n-tier XAML application?
• Do you wish you knew more about Microsoft Prism and how to use it?
• Do you want to better understand what the MVVM pattern is all about?
• Do you you want to see the "proof" that the RadControls for Silverlight / WPF have 100% identical APIs and can be easily used to build one application and target both the desktop and the web?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this webinar has content for you. Check it out and then visit Telerik.com to learn more about the Telerik Sales Dashboard reference application. There you will even find links to explore the Silverlight and WPF versions of the Sales Dashboard on your own. Enjoy.

Write Once. Use Twice. Exploring the Telerik Sales Dashboard

[Slides (PDF)] [Sales Dashboard Source (External)]

Watch Sales Dashboard webinar in full resolution on Telerik TV

Weekly Webinar: Exploring the Telerik Sales Dashboard for Silverlight and WPF

This week's webinar is back in my court and the topic will be Telerik's new Sales Dashboard demo application. If you've not already seen it, the Telerik Sales Dashboard is a new "best practices" application that Telerik created that highlights the value of the common code base and shared API of the RadControls for Silverlight and WPF. It shows you how you can build an application with enterprise-quality patterns and practices that- thanks to the RadControls- can be easily targeted at WPF, XBAP, or Silverlight deployments. Among the things the Sales Dashboard shows you:

• Using Microsoft Prism for application composition
• Use of MVVM (Model View ViewModel) pattern
• Using the RadControls for Silverlight, WPF
• Reusing Silverlight app code in WPF (and XBAP)
• Using Telerik OpenAccess ORM for data access
• Exposing data to Silverlight/WPF through WCF services

In this Thursday's webinar, we'll explore this application, highlighting some of the unique aspects of its implementation that you can draw upon to build better XAML applications. We'll explain the basics of things like Prism and the MVVM pattern, helping you get up-to-speed on these popular XAML frameworks. Finally, we'll even build a simple Silverlight application and port it to WPF during the webinar to drive-home how easy the task is with the RadControls. Should be fun and information packed. The webinar is at the normal 11 AM Eastern, this Thursday, June 11th. It will be recorded and will be on TTV shortly after the live event. Register now to save your seat and I'll see you on Thursday. Register for Sales Dashboard webinar now

Sitefinity webinar tomorrow, Learn about integrating web APIs

It's almost Thursday, so it's Weekly Webinar time again. Tomorrow's webinar is coming from a new face (or voice, as the case may be) to the Telerik webinar scene- Joe Anderson, a Telerik Technical Sales Rep from Boston. For quite some time now, Joe has been deeply involved with the Sitefinity CMS platform and a passionate fan of finding new and creative ways to use Sitefinity. In tomorrow's developer session (this is no sales pitch), Joe will show you how you can easily integrate many popular web APIs with Sitefinity. In concrete terms, you'll learn how how to work with these APIs in Sitefinity:

• Google Checkout
• Amazon
• YouTube
• Facebook

Each API requires a slightly unique approach to integrate with Sitefintiy, and tomorrow's webinar should help you gain the high-level understanding you need to begin your integration. So whether you're eager to begin integrating these APIs with Sitefinity or you're just curious to see what you can do with some of the web's more popular free APIs, don't miss this webinar event.

Standard webinar times apply: 11 AM Eastern, Thursday, June 4th.

Register for the free Sitefinity webinar now

Skinning Deep Dive for ASP.NET AJAX this week

This week's "Weekly Webinar" is diving deep on the topic of skinning for the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. It will not be a "super advanced" webinar- we'll just be covering lots of topics related to skinning the RadControls. In other words, you don't need to be a CSS Guru or Photoshop Master to attend (or enjoy) this webinar. In fact, we'll be spending a lot of time talking about how you can be a master of Telerik RadControl skins without being a student of CSS or graphics programs. Among the topics planned for this webinar:

• RadControl skinning basics
• Skinning controls (RadSkinManager, RadStyleSheetManager, RadFormDecorator)
• Customizing skins (including new Visual Style Builder)
• Advanced skinning techniques (web.config settings, ASP.NET Themes)
• Skin Optimization (CSS sprites, embedded resources, etc.)

This week's webinar will be at the "standard" time: 11:00 AM Eastern this Thursday, May 28th. To save your seat and join the live event- where you can ask questions- register now! And since I will be your presenter this week, I'll see you in a couple of days! Register now for the free skinning webinar

Weekly Webinar: Using RadTreeView for WPF

Ready for another Telerik Weekly Webinar? This week the topic is "Using RadTreeView for WPF," and Telerik Developer Evangelist John Kellar will be your guide to this key WPF control. Among the topics that will be covered during this free, live event:

• Data biding
• Implementing Drag-and-Drop
• Editing Node Templates

The event will be at the "normal" Weekly Webinar time: Thursday, April 30th, 11:00 AM Eastern, and it will be recorded for Telerik TV, too. To reserve your seat, register now. For those of you looking for the "RadControls for Silverlight in ASP.NET" weekly webinar, it has been moved to next week. That said, if you want to make sure you get your seat for next week's Weekly Webinar, you can register today and then join the Silverlight fun next Thursday. So quick recap:

• This Week: "Using RadTreeView for WPF" Register Now
• Next Week: "RadControls for Silverlight in ASP.NET" Register Now

We hope you are enjoying these free training resources. If you have any feedback, always feel free to share. My email address is easy to find: anglin[at]telerik[dot]com.

Advanced OpenAccess webinar tomorrow

Ready for an OpenAccess ORM webinar that goes beyond getting started? Tomorrow you'll have your chance as Telerik Evangelist Kevin Babcock delivers a new webcast on "advanced OpenAccess topics." What are advanced topics, you ask? For the purposes of tomorrow's webinar, advanced topics include the following:

• Learn how to use object-oriented techniques, such as inheritance and polymorphism, to create more complex mappings between persistence classes and the database
• Learn how to optimize data retrieval using FetchPlans and FetchGroups
• Learn how to perform operations that change the state of the database and how to use transactions to manage data concurrency
• Learn how to effectively use OpenAcsess configuration files to store your settings

The weekly webinar will be at the "normal" time and place: 11:00 AM Eastern Time on GoToWebinar. The event, as usual, is live and it is free! All you need to do is register to get your link to join the fun. For those of you in an "inaccessible" time zone, the event will be recorded and posted to Telerik TV, too. If you're not ready for an advanced topics OpenAccess webinar, then you may want to check out the recently recorded "OpenAccess 101" now available on Telerik TV. Register now for Advanced Topics in OpenAccess webinar

OpenAccess ORM 101 webinar today

Looking to improve your understanding of Telerik OpenAccess ORM? Today's your day. Telerik Evangelist Kevin Babcock will be delivering a webinar today that is going to introduce you to the basics of working with Telerik's new ORM. Here's a quick synopsis of what will be covered today: Finding a full-featured, yet easy-to-use, ORM is increasingly important these days as software developers aim to build applications more quickly. In this introductory session Kevin will demonstrate how easy it is to build your data layer using OpenAccess. You'll see how to transform tables into persistent classes using the Reverse Mapping wizard, and how to take existing classes and let OpenAccess create the database schema using the Forward Mapping wizard. Kevin will wrap up the session by demonstrating the ease with which you can use OpenAccess' first class LINQ support or the new OpenAccessDataSource control to hook up your data layer to the ASP.NET and WinForms data components with which you're already familiar. Sound interesting to you? Sign-up now to join the fun at 11:00 AM Eastern. As always, the Telerik Weekly Webinars are free and they will be recorded and made available on Telerik TV. This webinar will also lay the foundation for an "advanced" webinar on OpenAccess to air in a couple of weeks. Enjoy the free resource and stay tuned for more great Weekly Webinars from Telerik. Register now for the OpenAccess ORM 101 webinar