Reviews


Building ASP.NET MVC Applications with Syncfusion

Syncfusion Essential Studio for ASP.NET MVC includes more than four-dozen controls, half-a-dozen templates and several utilities, all of them useful. Documentation is lacking, though.

Product Review: Generating Documents with DynamicPDF for .NET

A useful set of tools for creating PDF documents dynamically from code.

Product Review: Telerik RadControls for Windows 8

The first native Windows 8 controls suite for creating Windows Store apps fills key gaps in the Visual Studio XAML and HTML5/JavaScript toolbox.

Better Scheduling with MindFusion

MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF can help you create a variety of calendar and time-management apps, if you don't mind writing a little code.

Free Tool: TDD for WCF Testing with wcfstorm-lite

Think of wcfstorm-lite as the Visual Studio WCF Test Client on steroids.

Managing Mail with Aspose.Email for .NET

If you want the flexibility to work with almost any e-mail system -- on the client or the server -- then Aspose.Email is probably your solution.

Free Tool: Silverlight Spy

Learn what's going on -- everywhere -- in your Silverlight app.

Comprehensive Testing with Telerik Test Studio

Test Studio brings together the tools to fully test your applications -- provided your team is willing to make the commitment to using it.

Product Review: Infragistics NetAdvantage

If you're building Windows Phone apps with the limited toolkit that comes with the Microsoft SDK, you'll appreciate this tool suite.

Free Tool: LibCheck to Find the Differences in DLLs

This Microsoft tool can be a real time-saver.

Building Mobile UIs Just Like Windows Forms

The Gizmox Enterprise Mobile development package is a clever -- perhaps brilliant -- hack that lets you create mobile Web-based applications in a Windows Forms-like IDE.

Altova MissionKit Review: All the Data Modeling Tools You Need

The Altova MissionKit is a bundle of great tools that work together, but unlike a control suite, the cost savings may not add up for some shops.

Doc-To-Help 2012 Adds HTML5-Based Mobile Help

Doc-To-Help continues to provide a single source for a variety of document and help types, including a jQuery format targeted for mobile devices.

Free Tool: Check Your JavaScript with JSLint

JSLint checks your JavaScript code for issues before running it and waiting for it to blow up.

Build Ribbon UIs for SharePoint and Office 365 with Add-in Express

If you want to customize the SharePoint 2010 and Office 365 Ribbon, the Add-in Express Ribbon Designer eases UI development in the cloud.

Creating JavaScript UIs with the New Telerik HTML5 Framework

The Telerik Kendo UI framework for HTML5 apps is an excellent product. But even if you like it, should you buy a set of jQuery plug-ins that you can assemble together for free?

DevExpress Unleashes New Controls for ASP.NET

The latest edition of the control suite for ASP.NET offers almost every kind of control that a developer would need -- with one-third of the controls supporting ASP.NET MVC.

Exploiting the HTML5 Canvas with jqChart

jqChart for ASP.NET MVC leverages HTML5 to deliver more responsive, scalable charting to the browser -- and throws in an HTML helper for ASP.NET MVC developers.

Tracking Memory Problems with SciTech .NET Memory Profiler

Memory Profiler provides you with the tools to track down both unreleased and unmanaged resources and to find forgotten references that are soaking up memory.

Spreadsheets for the Web with Aspose.Cells for .NET

Aspose.Cells gives you Excel-like functionality in your ASP.NET or Windows Forms application.