Progress Sets the Standard for Application Development with Generative AI Integration, Enhanced Design System Capabilities and Accessible Data Visualization
Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) has announced its latest Q2 2024 release featuring enhanced capabilities in its Telerik and Kendo UI libraries. The release includes new UI components for Generative AI integration, enabling developers to create applications with AI-driven content and features. Additionally, improvements in design-to-production workflows with enhanced Figma UI Kits and a new unified rendering across different frameworks are introduced. The update also emphasizes accessibility with compliance to Section 508, WCAG 2.2, and WAI Aria standards. Further, Progress has added new capabilities for data visualization and legacy project modernization.
- New AI Prompt component available across all Telerik and Kendo UI libraries.
- Enhanced Figma UI Kits and improved color system themes for better design-to-production workflows.
- Unified rendering introduced across different JavaScript and .NET web frameworks.
- Compliance with Section 508, WCAG 2.2, and WAI Aria standards for improved accessibility.
- Additional capabilities for data visualization and legacy project modernization.
- Support for .NET 9 Preview in the new release.
- No concrete financial data or projections provided.
- Press release lacks information on direct monetary benefits or impact.
Latest Q2 2024 release enables developers to integrate Generative AI into any app and to rapidly build and design innovative, inclusive digital experiences
BURLINGTON, Mass., May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS), the trusted provider of infrastructure software, today announced the latest release of Progress® Telerik® and Progress® Kendo UI®, the most powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries and tools for application development. Today’s release delivers artificial intelligence (AI) prompts to application interfaces, design-to-code productivity, accessibility features and a series of new UI components, including the first-to-market Blazor Spreadsheet component.
“Businesses are rapidly adapting their products to take advantage of AI, and developers have to respond quickly to this new opportunity,” said Loren Jarrett, EVP & GM, Digital Experience, Progress. “With this latest release, we make it easy for developers to include Gen AI prompts in their apps and embed AI for a better UX in addition to advanced design-to-code automation and accessibility features. The world is moving quickly, and we are empowering developers to stay ahead of the game.”
What’s new in Q2 2024:
UI Components for Generative AI Integration
The new AI Prompt component, available across all Telerik and Kendo UI libraries, enables the creation of quality content, messages and documents, as well as fast access to information through in-UI searches. To reduce the learning curve, AI integration demos in Telerik and Kendo UI libraries for components such as TextBox and Spreadsheet help developers discover new ways to include AI-powered interactions within their digital experiences.
Accelerated Design-to-Production Workflows
While design systems are a must for design consistency, the translation of design to code often causes issues and delays in production time. With today’s release, Progress improves the designer-to-developer handoff with enhanced Figma UI Kits, improved color system themes and enriched design system documentation. Developers can further enable brand consistency and meet app standardization requirements through the newly introduced, unified rendering across the different JavaScript and .NET web frameworks and can leverage more than 600 component-specific theme variables, as well as a smart CSS code editor in Progress® ThemeBuilder℠ cloud application.
Next-Level Accessibility and Inclusivity
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Progress also released new capabilities for embedded data-driven experiences with reporting and visualization features, modernization of legacy projects with support for complex migration scenarios and support for .NET 9 Preview.
To learn more about the latest Telerik and Kendo UI releases, visit the release overview page or register for the release webinars: Progress Telerik 2024 Q2 Release Webinar—Web, Desktop, Mobile & Cross-Platform Products, Progress Kendo UI 2024 Q2 Release Webinar and Progress Telerik Reporting, JustMock and Fiddler 2024 Q2 Release Webinar
About Progress
Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) provides software that enables organizations to develop and deploy their mission-critical applications and experiences, as well as effectively manage their data platforms, cloud and IT infrastructure. As an experienced, trusted provider, we make the lives of technology professionals easier. Over 4 million developers and technologists at hundreds of thousands of enterprises depend on Progress. Learn more at www.progress.com.
Progress, Telerik, ThemeBuilder, and Kendo UI are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation and/or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Progress
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