“90% of people move between devices to accomplish a goal, whether that’s on smartphones, PCs, tablets or TV”

That is according to the latest research from Google on the topic. This strongly suggests that the majority of web users are now consuming their digital media using mobile devices. This causes a massive problem for developers due to the vast amount of devices with varying screen resolutions.…

Feeling anxious about your code? Does it seem as if your boss is always waiting around on you, breathing down your neck? Are you worried your colleagues are wondering why you’re taking so long? Well don’t worry, you’re not the only one!

Any developer worth his or her salt will have gone through the exact same thing. Coding is a creative endeavor; you’re not on a production line and your job isn’t about…

According to http archive, the top 100 websites on the Internet today look something like this:

That’s right, exactly two thirds of websites in November 2015 are dominated by images. Website sizes are getting ever more bloated, and this can lead to slow load times and a poor UX, especially on mobile devices.

However, as we all know, a ‘picture paints a thousand words’ and clients are very keen on having image…

Have you seen Infragistics' repositories on GitHub? Feel welcome to contribute and let’s build amazing code together!

Let’s begin today’s post with a fact: As of right now (at the time of writing), GitHub has 21 million repositories and 9 million users - which isn’t too bad at all! For developers, GitHub offers an enormous range of tools, Wikis and information, so we want to help show you…

Microsoft’s .NET Foundation has now been running for around two years, after its initial announcement by Scott Guthrie at the Build 2014 conference (highlights of which can be found here). The .NET Foundation was created to foster the open development of the .NET ecosystem, and to use community participation and rapid innovation to help fortify it. But, for that to sound like any kind of impressive feat, we first…

Jargon is a funny thing isn’t it? A language that is ‘normal’ to a specific industry can be alien to others and quite naturally hard to pick up - take medical or legal orientations for example.  This level of verbal intricacy can be exacerbated by the frequency at which the validity of these terms can change. Whilst this may not be a risk for most professionals, anyone working within the tech industry…

By now you should be familiar with the challenge of networking on the web. The world around us has become much more connected and we have almost constant access to the internet with mobile devices and the rise of wearable tech. As a result many of us are now far more likely to quickly surf the web for help rather than seek out a colleague who may or may not have the answers.

These behaviors have lead to the evolution…

This is a guest post by Sam De La Torre Baba, an Associate Software Developer with Infragistics. Read on to hear about Sam’s experience with Open Source Give Back Day.

This past January Infragistics participated in Open Source Give Back Day, where we were tasked to give back to an Open Source Community in any way we could, whether it be by adding documentation, fixing a known issue, writing a blog post, etc. With…

It was likely that Christopher Alexander was the annoyance of many an architect during the 1970s. An architect himself, Alexander is noted for his theories on design – in particular his insistence that users know far more about the buildings they need than any architect could. So, he created and validated a “pattern language” to empower anyone to design and build on a large or small scale. It didn’t take too long until…

Microsoft Edge, quite simply, is the modern Internet Browser now available with Windows 10. Microsoft has decided to do away with the much loved (in some parts) and much demised Internet Explorer on its 20^th Birthday - Happy Birthday indeed! Bar security patches, no new design features are expected. So from now, as your default browser in Windows 10, only expect to only see Microsoft Edge.

The history of Internet Explorer…

Last year, we wrote about Microsoft’s new Windows Universal Apps (WUA). WUAs are Microsoft’s recognition that their separate and non-compatible app stores for the Windows 8 PC and Windows Phone weren’t doing a lot to attract developers or customers. UWAs work on any device running Windows 10 and mean that, with a little configuration, developers can buy apps one time and know they’ll work on devices of any size, shape…

Who do you design for? Is your end user a mobile centric startup, a desktop heavy corporation, a regular consumer or a store clerk? How old is your typical user, what do they do with your app and when do they need to access it?

If developers want their app, tool or website to be a success, their target audience should always be their first consideration. From the wireframe to the finished product, it’s absolutely essential…

The email service we now know as Outlook.com is among the world’s oldest webmail services. Founded in the mid-1990’s under the original name Hotmail before being acquired by Microsoft, the service was rebranded as Outlook.com in 2013 and remains one of the world’s most popular providers (if not the most popular). Outlook.com is a free public service, and shouldn’t be confused with Microsoft’s other email…

What is Bootstrap?

A little bit of history

Since the Agile manifesto was published in February 2001, software development has evolved into a collaborative process of rapid and constant change. Nearly fifteen years on,  Agile has been pretty agile itself - with around 50 Agile practices now widely recognized, it’s one of the most popular techniques for development. Despite the diversity of tools now available, they all still share the same goal: to quickly create…

W3Schools is a web developer information website, and its content consists of tutorials and references relating to multiple programming languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQ  amongst others. It came into fruition around 2010, and was very popular among programmers - many frequented the site for tutorials on different fundamental programming techniques. W3Schools presents thousands of code examples, which readers can edit…

There is a growing trend across many industries to return to more ‘traditional’ production methods - from the craft beer revolution to coffee machines to surfboards, there’s more interest than ever in firms that not only design but also produce their goods. In contrast to Fordist mass production, consumers are now interested in more specialized, locally produced and individualized experiences.

Since…

In 2012’s The Avengers, an unparalleled force of Marvel superheroes come together to save humanity from enslavement by an alien army. Replacing the tight-fitting spandex of old with shiny armor and a big, green CGI machine; these superheroes are powerful alone, and even more powerful when united. What ensues are a myriad of acrobatic stunts, impressive explosions and cheesy one-liners. While it’s arguable that the…

We don’t hear the word ‘famous’ all too often in the programming world, but by definition, famous is simply “being known by many people”. In that regard, there are some individuals who have a very big influence in their field, and Scott Hanselman is one of those people. Scott works for the Web Platform team at Microsoft, but has gained a following through his blog, YouTube channel, and all…

When developing apps for Android, your first instinct may well be to open up Android Studio. Since this environment gives you all the tools, support and libraries you would want to build an Android app, it would quite naturally be your first choice. It provides you with:

• A supported and specialized environment which sets up the correct Android SDK
• A set of code templates
• Code editing tools
• Dynamic layout previews, which…

The desire for success is, arguably, part of our genetic make-up. Being successful means being happy, and pretty much everyone strives for happiness. When we become happy, chemicals in our brains reward us with positive feelings and this motivate us to get more.

Being successful in our professional lives usually means delivering quality work, on time, and being recognized for it. For IT developers this is no different…

For a non-technical audience, Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) might feel a little abstract. Available in some form or another since 2006, WPF has been used in a number of popular products, including Yahoo Messenger and market leading software development tool Visual Studio 2010. However, it is primarily used in business applications and can be used to build handy tools to speed up enterprise processes…

This post is the second part of a miniseries about the top 10 free developer tools. Here, we'll continue our look at some of the best developer’s tool currently out there and in demand. In part 1 we looked at Visual Studio Community 2015, SPCAF, WebMatrix, Visual Studio Code and Notepadd++.

So without further pause, let’s continue with number 6 on our list, the IE Development Toolbar:

6. IE Development…

The heart of a coder resides in the code he writes. A philosophical we know, but stay with us. A core developer will on average spend 6 hours a day in ‘development mode’. Their time can be spent writing and rewriting documentation, ensuring what they’ve worked on is bug free, optimized to its fullest and without memory leaks. To do all this in the most efficient and productive way, a typical dev will rely on a personal…

Back in the day, when the enterprise was a place of grey dull tools that users were pretty much forced to use against their will, application development practices were pretty simple.

A consultant or business analyst might appear one day to gather requirements. If you were lucky they would consult actual end users, rather than just those paying for the project. These requirements would be documented in-depth, in ‘Functional…