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Progress Adds AI Assistants to Telerik, Kendo UI in Q2 2025 Release
Progress Software unveiled its Q2 2025 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, introducing advanced AI capabilities aimed at accelerating application development workflows.
This update features AI Coding Assistants for Blazor and React, AI-driven theme generation, and GenAI-powered reporting insights, all designed to streamline the development process and enhance productivity.
"Our new AI Coding Assistants help serious developers reach new levels of productivity working directly with their favorite AI-powered IDEs, enabling automatic code generation with our Telerik and Kendo UI components," said Loren Jarrett, EVP & GM, Digital Experience at Progress Software.
The company's Telerik brand is recognized by Microsoft as contributing to the UI component system for Blazor -- the popular ASP.NET Core component that allows web development with C# instead of JavaScript -- along with many others. That documentation states: "Get productive, fast, with reusable UI components from top component vendors like Telerik, DevExpress, Syncfusion, Radzen, Infragistics, Mescius, jQWidgets, Nevron, and others."
Key Features of the Q2 2025 Release
- AI Coding Assistants for Blazor and React: These tools enable developers to automatically generate production-ready code within popular AI-powered IDEs, reducing manual edits and shortening development cycles.
- AI Theme Generation in Progress ThemeBuilder: Developers can use natural language prompts to create custom styles for UI components, with real-time previews that facilitate consistent branding and efficient design-to-production workflows.
- GenAI-Powered Reporting Insights: Integrated into Progress Telerik Reporting, this feature provides intelligent summaries and contextual insights directly within the report preview, eliminating the need for external tools.
Additional enhancements include a GenAI-powered PDF Processing library for instant document insights, AI prompt options in the Editor control, and new AI building blocks and page templates to expedite UI development.
Beyond AI advancements, the release offers performance-optimized Data Grids for improved data handling, enhanced design system tooling, and new UI components with adaptive features to ensure seamless experiences across various devices and screen sizes.
For more information on the Q2 2025 release and to register for upcoming webinars, visit Progress Software's official website.
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