Kendo UI – building cross-browser apps made easy

Now that we have had enough of an overview, let's get started with the real thing: Kendo UI Framework from Telerik. Telerik has always been in the forefront for providing Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for the developers and Kendo UI Framework is the recent addition to the Telerik RAD stack for building HTML5, jQuery, and CSS3 based cross-browser applications.

The only external dependency to using Kendo UI is jQuery. Developing applications using Kendo UI is straightforward and the setup requires only referencing the jQuery, Kendo JavaScript, and CSS files in your HTML page.

Note

The word Kendo means "Way of the Sword", which is a traditional Japanese style of fencing.

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