Company donates 20+ UI for Universal Windows Platform controls under
Apache license; expands commitment to open source and .NET developer
communities
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) today announced that it has open sourced Progress
Telerik® UI® for Universal Windows Platform (UWP), a set of native
UI controls for building Windows apps, and is in the process of donating
to the .NET
Foundation in an effort to help foster the open development of the
.NET ecosystem. Progress Telerik UI for UWP is popular within the 2.1
million strong Progress developer community, and has been open sourced
as a means to ensure continued collaborative innovation and advancement
amongst the .NET development community.
".NET has been a bedrock of the Microsoft developer ecosystem ever since
its initial release more than 15 years ago and we have been active,
contributing members of that community since the release of our first
RAD Controls back in 2002," said Faris Sweis, Senior Vice President and
General Manager of Developer Tooling, Progress. "With this donation, we
are extending our commitment to the .NET ecosystem and lending our
extensive experience with tooling for the next generation of Windows
apps for phones, tablets and desktops. To us, this is what open source
is about—empowering developers with the right foundational technology
and expertise, putting them on the easy path to productivity and
providing innovative tools to tackle ever challenging application
requirements."
Progress Telerik UI for UWP can significantly reduce coding and time to
market, enabling developers to remove the repetitive, tactical elements
of development to focus on solving business challenges. By making
Progress Telerik UI for UWP open source and part of the .NET Foundation,
.NET developers can not only expand upon the capabilities already
available in Telerik UI for UWP, but can also access and contribute to
more than 20 UI controls to create Windows apps that share a single
codebase and run on a multitude of Microsoft devices. These include some
of the more popular business and enterprise-critical controls such as
Grids, Charts, DataForm and ListView.
"The .NET Foundation is a vibrant community of open-sourced projects
that strives to put code into the hands of those who use it, in an
effort to create an innovative and exciting community," said Tim Heuer,
Principal Program Manager Lead at Microsoft. "Native UI controls for
building Universal Windows apps are increasingly important to developers
creating applications for use across devices. We recognize the
usefulness and widespread value of Progress Telerik UI for UWP, and look
forward to developing additional functionality through the contributions
of our community."
Progress Telerik UI for UWP is part of Progress Telerik DevCraft—the
most complete .NET toolbox for web, mobile and desktop development. A
long-standing Microsoft partner, Progress continues to advance its
solutions to support all new Microsoft releases, including ASP.NET,
ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio, often before they're made available to
the general public. Progress will continue to sell professional support
for Progress Telerik UI for Universal Windows Platform.
For more information about Progress and its full breadth of .NET
development tools, go to www.telerik.com/devcraft.
Additional Resources
About Progress
Progress (NASDAQ:
PRGS) is a global leader in application development, empowering
enterprises to build mission-critical business applications to succeed
in an evolving business environment. With offerings spanning web, mobile
and data for on-premise and cloud environments, Progress powers
businesses worldwide, promoting success one application at a time. Learn
about Progress at www.progress.com
or 1-781-280-4000.
Progress and Telerik are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Progress Software Corporation or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates
in the US and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are
the property of their respective owners.
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