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Kendo UI get's it done
Updated October 14, 2020

Kendo UI get's it done

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Progress Kendo UI

Kendo UI is used in all custom developed web UI applications. Applications include department and enterprise level apps. We use Kendo UI to decrease development time by not having to create our own common widgets like grids and drop down lists. Kendo UI's JavaScript and CSS makes customizing the appearance of controls easy where the controls meet our color specifications.
  • Displaying data in grids
  • Centralizing UI themes
  • Upgrading to new versions
  • The Telerik control panel makes installing on developer machines easy
  • Issues related to JavaScript can be challenging to track down
  • Finding technical documents on how data is managed in individual widgets
  • A better way in managing different versions of the same development machine
  • Allowed for faster development times to provide better customer service
  • Improved UI designs so customer service is faster and more responsive
  • No negative impact on ROI
At the time of initial purchase, Kendo UI provided a more robust set of UI tools than other vendors.

Do you think Progress Kendo UI delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Progress Kendo UI's feature set?

Yes

Did Progress Kendo UI live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Progress Kendo UI go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Progress Kendo UI again?

Yes

it's easy to implement in applications. The kendo widgets are able to be used in almost any type of business application which has a UI. For most part, once the developer has completed a project which uses Kendo, many time code can be copy/paste into a new application. Kendo UI documentation keeps improving so finding the answers to questions can be easy.
I give it a 10 primarily because I have yet to have an issue where I'm unable to find a solution. Most situations where I think I might want to create a support ticket, someone else has already ran into the same issue. Someone from Kendo has either already updated any blogs or support message with the solution.
Kendo UI works well if developing web UI applications which have simple layout designs. - Good
A scenario where there are a lot of Kendo widgets on a single UI page, and each has a complex initialization. - Not so good

Using Progress Kendo UI

5 - All users are developers for the company. The business functions for developers can range from making simple UI applications that can be quickly implemented.
7 - Including 5 developers and 2 release managers can support applications which use Kendo UI. The required skills to support Kendo UI apps include understanding JavaScript code.
  • Displaying customer information
  • Monitoring services via web page
  • Changing customer information when required
  • application to send documents via upload controls to imaging system
  • managing user call lists via kendo grids
  • Creating/managing online money ordering system
  • Dashboards
  • Rewrite legacy applications
  • new process applications
Nearly all UI development will use some portion of Kendo UI toolset.

Evaluating Progress Kendo UI and Competitors

  • Product Features
Before purchasing Kendo UI, I had several use case scenarios which had to pass before making the purchase. An example is I had to have data grids, and upload controls. These case scenarios were determined by upcoming projects.
I don't think I would change the evaluation and selection process. By having use cases to flush out Kendo UI trial, this method provided the best way to determine the "right" software.