Telerik Developer Digest Issue 47: February 1, 2017

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Issue 47

February 1, 2017

Telerik Developer Digest

Welcome

Welcome to the latest collection of the best articles from the Telerik Developer Network and around the web, curated by a group of Telerik developers just like you.

From the Telerik Developer Network

An Introduction to Observables for Angular Developers

What are ‘observables’? Why are they helpful for asynchronous communication, and how can you use them in an Angular 2 application with RxJS? Answers here.

Jen Looper

Building An Interactive Timeline With Kendo UI

John Bristowe illustrates the history of the Kendo UI framework by building a timeline of events using Kendo UI for jQuery and Kendo UI for Angular.

John Bristowe

Going Offline within a NativeScript Cross-Platform Mobile App

Rob Lauer demonstrates all of the means of handling offline scenarios and data within a NativeScript cross-platform mobile app.

Rob Lauer

Reducing the Cost of Mobile App Development with NativeScript

How using NativeScript can help you cut down on the cost of the team, hardware and software necessary to build a mobile app.

Peter Filipov

Adding Unit Tests to Your NativeScript App

A look at unit test framework support in NativeScript and how to get started adding unit tests.

Rob Lauer

What is Angular?

An overview of what the Angular JavaScript framework is, its history, what it’s good for and the basics of how it works.

TJ VanToll

Around the Web

A Deep Dive into Telerik UI for NativeScript's ListView

A detailed explainer of NativeScript’s virtualizing list component.

Rob Lauer

Introducing the Official Plugins Hub for NativeScript

NativeScript has a new plugins hub built by the community.

NativeScript.org

Image Libraries for .NET Core

.NET Core does not have image processing APIs as part of its standard libraries. The broader community has stepped in to provide several different options for developers to consider for use.

InfoQ

Display Toast Notifications in a NativeScript Angular Application

How to display Toast notifications in a native Android and iOS app built with NativeScript and Angular.

Nic Raboy

Querying Data with Dapper for a Kendo UI Grid

Dapper is a small library that allows you to execute SQL queries and map the results to strongly typed (or dynamic) objects by extending your existing IDbConnection

Matt Millican

npm for Beginners: A Guide for Frontend Developers

If you are not an npm expert but want to learn more, Louis Lazaris created a great beginners’ guide to npm for front-end developers.

Louis Lazaris