• HTML 5 framework relying heavily on jQuery
  • Integrates with Angular, React, and Bootstrap frameworks
  • Free and open sourced
    Some widgets and technical support features are only available for a paid account
  • Built and maintained by the company Terlerik
  • Strengths
    • Offers professional support
    • Mostly based on jQuery . easy and cheap to learn
      ~60% of websites use jQuery
    • Most existing jQuery plugins will work with KendoUI
  • Weaknesses
    • Not all features are free to use
    • Documentation is difficult to understand (they want you to pay for tech support)
  • Getting Started:
    • Step 1: Download and Intall Kendo UI
      • Two options: Kendo UI Core or Kendo UI Professional
        • Professional costs money (30 day free trial, though)
        • Core is free
      • For professional, create an account: https://www.telerik.com/login/v2/telerik
      • For core, clone the Kendu UI Github repository: https://github.com/telerik/kendo-ui-core
    • Step 2: Start Coding!
      • The Kendo UI code you just downloaded just needs to be included in your project.s source code
      • You just need a few include statements in your source code for the CSS and JavaScript Kendo UI files
        KendoUI takes care of the rest!