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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleUsing 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleCreating 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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article5 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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleNetAdvantage Reporting Release Notes – November: 12.2 Volume Release
With every release of NetAdvantage Reporting comes a set of release notes that reflect the state of resolved bugs and new additions from the previous release. You’ll find the notes useful to help...
View ArticleC# to Objective-C - Part 1 : Strings
My background was originally C# where i worked on a variety of platforms such as ASP.Net, Silverlight, WPF, etc.. So after spending 6+ years working mainly in C#, I was both excited and hesitant to...
View ArticleNetAdvantage Reporting Release Notes – November: 12.2 Volume Release
With every release of NetAdvantage 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 ArticleFirefox OS - What it means for mobile
FireFox OS is an operating system for mobile phones. As you would expect, with the FireFox name attached, it is an open source effort derived from “open web standards.” The project was announced as...
View ArticleC# to Objective-C - Part 2 : Arrays
Today we'll continue our exploration into objective-c by looking at another common data type that you'll use heavily but has a slightly different syntax than C#: Arrays. Before we dive right it in its...
View ArticleMS SharePoint Conference 2012: Event Recap
The BasicsI 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...
View ArticleC# to Objective-C - Part 3 : Classes
C# to Obj-C: Part 3 – ClassesSo far we've taken a look at some basic objects: Strings and Arrays. I think its about time we take the next step and dive into the creation of our own objects! So today...
View ArticleTypeScript - The new JavaScript?
At BUILD 20102 Microsoft dedicated some time to discussing its new JavaScript alternative - TypeScript. Whilst it is easy to think Microsoft is trying to hijack the standards compliant nature of the...
View ArticleDesert Code Camp 2012: Event Recap
BasicsInfragistics 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...
View ArticleBuilding IG Outlook Part 6 – Adding Ribbon Tabs to View Navigation
This is the sixth video in a series that will take you step-by-step on building a Prism application that mimics Microsoft Outlook. In this video we added the support for injecting ribbon tabs into the...
View ArticleSQLSaturday #178 Moscow Event Recap
Infragistics had involvement SQLSaturday # 178 Moscow impersonated by me as a speaker. The event was held on Saturday, November 17th at Microsoft Russia office, Moscow.Administrators at the conference...
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