Kendo UI - the newest UI framework from Telerik

I offer a brief overview of the new Telerik UI framework called Kendo UI.

Prehistory

Most recently, I posted a ticket in support of Telerik and asked them if components could be used (in particular MVC) in an application written in Classic ASP.
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Of course, the answer upset.

I wrote to them that it would be nice to have a set of client components in the future. As it turned out (I don’t remember how I found out about it), the development of their own client UI framework, which is officially released on November 30, is currently underway (why not write about it in a ticket? :)).

What is it?

Kendo UI is a client framework and a set of more than 10 widgets (grids, charts / diagrams, drop-down lists, etc.) based on jQuery. In this framework, technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3 are used to the maximum (while providing support for fairly old browsers through graceful degradation). Supports data binding, patterns, animation, drag-and-drop, and more.

The developers promise high speed, support for mobile devices with touch interfaces, as well as an aggressive product development policy (for example, users can offer certain chips for future releases and vote for them).

And, of course, the support of such a powerful company as Telerik says a lot.

Browser support

I want to pay tribute to the developers of support for IE 7 for titanic work (because, in fact, IE7 is IE6 with tabs and somewhat doped support for CSS 2.1).

How to use?

Very simple: download, include styles and scripts on the page and initialize the widgets with the usual jQuery syntax.

<link href="kendo.common.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="kendo.kendo.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="jquery-1.6.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="kendo.all.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <input id="datepicker" value="10/10/2011"/> <script type="text/javascript"> $("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker(); </script> 

And asks for money?

Kendo UI will be distributed under Open Source (GPLv3) and commercial licenses. The price for a commercial license has not yet been announced, but there is good news for Premium and Ultimate Collection owners - this product is included in these licenses.

Links

Official site
Demonstration of visual components