﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SmartBlog</title><description>Description of blog.</description><copyright>SmartBlog</copyright><image /><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/</link><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 February 2025 18:49:12</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 12 February 2025 18:49:12</pubDate><item><title>How to implement audit trail using triggers in SQL</title><author>Database Admin</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2025/february/how-to-implement-audit-trail-using-triggers-in-sql/</comments><description>A custom approach to store audit trail using Triggers and JSON format in SQL Server database.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2025/february/how-to-implement-audit-trail-using-triggers-in-sql/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2025/february/how-to-implement-audit-trail-using-triggers-in-sql/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 February 2025 18:49:12</pubDate></item><item><title>SharpQuest, Inc. Expands Business into Canada with New Windsor Branch Office</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/march/sharpquest-expands-business-canada-windsor-branch-office/</comments><description>SharpQuest, Inc. Expands Business into Canada with New Windsor Branch Office</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/march/sharpquest-expands-business-canada-windsor-branch-office/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/march/sharpquest-expands-business-canada-windsor-branch-office/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 March 2024 13:49:13</pubDate></item><item><title>T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Copying Stored Procedure or Function from one database to multiple target databases</title><author>Database Admin</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-copying-stored-procedure-or-function-from-one-database-to-multiple-target-databases/</comments><description>A script to copy stored procedure or function from one DB to another DB or to multiple target databases</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-copying-stored-procedure-or-function-from-one-database-to-multiple-target-databases/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-copying-stored-procedure-or-function-from-one-database-to-multiple-target-databases/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 March 2024 17:53:25</pubDate></item><item><title>How to migrate Mobile Apps From Xamarin and Xamarin Forms to .Net MAUI</title><author>Greg Kabacinski &amp; Rutul Mehta</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/march/how-to-migrate-mobile-apps-from-xamarin-and-xamarin-forms-to-net-maui/</comments><description>This article explains how to migrate the mobile apps developed using Xamarin Forms to use .Net MAUI - a newer framework by Microsoft</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/march/how-to-migrate-mobile-apps-from-xamarin-and-xamarin-forms-to-net-maui/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/march/how-to-migrate-mobile-apps-from-xamarin-and-xamarin-forms-to-net-maui/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 March 2024 14:20:07</pubDate></item><item><title>T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Efficiently Querying Audit Entries created by Entity Framework in MS SQL</title><author>Database Admin</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-efficiently-querying-audit-entries-created-by-entity-framework-in-ms-sql/</comments><description>An easy way to query audit entries created by Entity Framework. This can be used by Microsoft .Net Developers in reports and UI to display history of changes to certain tables by users.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-efficiently-querying-audit-entries-created-by-entity-framework-in-ms-sql/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-efficiently-querying-audit-entries-created-by-entity-framework-in-ms-sql/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 February 2024 18:37:27</pubDate></item><item><title>T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Copying Views from one database to multiple target databases</title><author>Database Admin</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-copying-views-from-one-database-to-multiple-target-databases/</comments><description>A script to copy T-SQL view from one MS SQL database to another or multiple target databases</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-copying-views-from-one-database-to-multiple-target-databases/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-copying-views-from-one-database-to-multiple-target-databases/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 February 2024 18:11:03</pubDate></item><item><title>T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Executing a Query in multiple databases</title><author>Database Admin</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-executing-a-query-in-multiple-databases/</comments><description>A script to Execute T-SQL Queries in multiple databases</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-executing-a-query-in-multiple-databases/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/february/t-sql-tips-and-tricks-executing-a-query-in-multiple-databases/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 February 2024 08:52:25</pubDate></item><item><title>How to decide about using outsourcing for software development and application maintenance projects</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/january/how-to-decide-about-using-outsourcing-for-software-development-and-application-maintenance-projects/</comments><description>Sharing our learnings about outsourcing and offshore software development based on experience working with US companies over last 15 years.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/january/how-to-decide-about-using-outsourcing-for-software-development-and-application-maintenance-projects/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2024/january/how-to-decide-about-using-outsourcing-for-software-development-and-application-maintenance-projects/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 January 2024 11:15:36</pubDate></item><item><title>Angular Best Practices and Core Concepts - 2022</title><author>Greg Kabacinski</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2022/september/angular-best-practices-and-core-concepts-2022/</comments><description>These are the best practice observations our team made for using Angular in Enterprise application development.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2022/september/angular-best-practices-and-core-concepts-2022/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2022/september/angular-best-practices-and-core-concepts-2022/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 September 2022 13:58:14</pubDate></item><item><title>How a Tier One Supplier Saved Money by Automating Manual Approval Processes</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/tier-one-supplier-business-automation-drawing-approval/</comments><description>Learn how SharpQuest helped a Tier One Supplier Saved Money by Automating Manual Approval Processes for engineering drawing approval work flow. Ability to share drawings with supplier online without risking data security is a step in right direction for a fast-paced organization.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/tier-one-supplier-business-automation-drawing-approval/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/tier-one-supplier-business-automation-drawing-approval/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 April 2021 17:55:10</pubDate></item><item><title>How to tread the path of Digital Transformation through Application Modernization – A Manufacturing Company Case Study</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/digital-transformation-through-application-modernization-manufacturing-company/</comments><description>How to tread the path of Digital Transformation through Application Modernization – A Manufacturing Company Case Study</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/digital-transformation-through-application-modernization-manufacturing-company/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/digital-transformation-through-application-modernization-manufacturing-company/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 April 2021 15:39:25</pubDate></item><item><title>What Modernizing Healthcare Applications Really Entails – An Application Modernization Case Study</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/what-modernizing-healthcare-applications-really-entails/</comments><description>Whether an application modernization project starts out as an emergency, or a well-planned effort, most projects go through three main phases: update, cloud migration, and new features. We’ll cover these three phases and provide an example of a Home Healthcare Group’s application modernization project.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/what-modernizing-healthcare-applications-really-entails/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/april/what-modernizing-healthcare-applications-really-entails/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 April 2021 13:03:14</pubDate></item><item><title>How to create Microsoft Teams folder shortcut in your windows file explorer</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/tip-how-to-create-microsoft-teams-folder-shortcut-in-your-windows-file-explorer/</comments><description>How to create Microsoft Teams folder shortcut in your windows file explorer</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/tip-how-to-create-microsoft-teams-folder-shortcut-in-your-windows-file-explorer/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/tip-how-to-create-microsoft-teams-folder-shortcut-in-your-windows-file-explorer/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 March 2021 14:23:08</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 8 Features Clinicians Want in Healthcare Applications</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/top-8-features-clinicians-want-in-healthcare-applications/</comments><description>In this article we’re listing what clinicians are asking for—particularly those working in care facilities outside hospitals or remote.  Looking across the many projects we’ve done, here are the top features and requirements for applications that make the biggest positive impact on the clinicians who use them.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/top-8-features-clinicians-want-in-healthcare-applications/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/top-8-features-clinicians-want-in-healthcare-applications/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 March 2021 17:39:26</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 7 Features Patients Want in Healthcare Mobile Applications</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/top-7-features-patients-want-in-healthcare-mobile-applications/</comments><description>At SharpQuest, we’ve worked with many healthcare companies in recent years to develop web and mobile applications to advance patient care and meet patient requirements. Looking across the many projects we’ve done, here are the top features and requirements that patients are wanting and that have had the biggest impact when implemented.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/top-7-features-patients-want-in-healthcare-mobile-applications/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/march/top-7-features-patients-want-in-healthcare-mobile-applications/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 March 2021 17:43:41</pubDate></item><item><title>Hidden costs of building an App</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/hidden-costs-of-building-an-app/</comments><description>There are many misconceptions about what it costs to build an app. Many inexperienced developers will give you only partial idea of total costs to build an app to make it successful. Read this blog to understand what are the hidden costs that you will have to incur to launch a killer app.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/hidden-costs-of-building-an-app/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/hidden-costs-of-building-an-app/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 February 2021 13:39:59</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Examples of Process Automation Making a Big Impact for OEM Suppliers</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/3-examples-of-process-automation-making-a-big-impact-for-oem-suppliers/</comments><description>Here are some examples of projects that OEM suppliers have been doing to automate manual processes—and the corresponding value they are experiencing.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/3-examples-of-process-automation-making-a-big-impact-for-oem-suppliers/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/3-examples-of-process-automation-making-a-big-impact-for-oem-suppliers/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 February 2021 17:25:04</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Things Manufacturers Need to Modernize to Enable Remote Work</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/4-things-manufacturers-need-to-modernize-to-enable-remote-work/</comments><description>At SharpQuest, we are a development partner to many manufacturing companies who recognize the need to adapt their systems and find new ways to make employees more productive, regardless of location. We’ve reviewed the manufacturing projects we’ve worked on over the past ten years and recognized four things that are key to making remote work possible for manufacturing.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/4-things-manufacturers-need-to-modernize-to-enable-remote-work/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/february/4-things-manufacturers-need-to-modernize-to-enable-remote-work/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 February 2021 15:41:49</pubDate></item><item><title>How to interview (or evaluate) a Software Developer</title><author>HR Team</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/how-to-interview-or-evaluate-a-software-developer/</comments><description>Evaluating a software developer or technical member is hard and getting harder. How to identify true genius from the bunch of resumes that you get, and how to quickly identify if the candidate has true experience or not.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/how-to-interview-or-evaluate-a-software-developer/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/how-to-interview-or-evaluate-a-software-developer/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 January 2021 18:37:50</pubDate></item><item><title>Terminology to learn for an Entrepreneur or Startup Founder before talking to a Software Vendor or Programming Geeks</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/terminology-to-learn-for-an-entrepreneur-before-talking-to-a-software-vendor-or-programming-geeks/</comments><description>This blog describes all the technical and buzz-words that are used by software vendors or developers that a start-up founder will find useful to be familiar with.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/terminology-to-learn-for-an-entrepreneur-before-talking-to-a-software-vendor-or-programming-geeks/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/terminology-to-learn-for-an-entrepreneur-before-talking-to-a-software-vendor-or-programming-geeks/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 January 2021 18:44:34</pubDate></item><item><title>How application modernization services automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/application-modernization-for-automotive-supplier/</comments><description>How application modernization services from SharpQuest automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier - TKS Industrial and created custom ERP to support Sales, Engineering and Budget workflows</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/application-modernization-for-automotive-supplier/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2021/january/application-modernization-for-automotive-supplier/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 January 2021 15:47:48</pubDate></item><item><title>Does ‘Number of Years’ of experience matter in Software Development or IT?</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/does-number-of-years-of-experience-matter-in-software-development-or-it/</comments><description>A career advise for many of our fellow developers who assume that spending more number of years automatically qualifies them for promotion. What you gain in experience counts more than number of years.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/does-number-of-years-of-experience-matter-in-software-development-or-it/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/does-number-of-years-of-experience-matter-in-software-development-or-it/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 December 2020 18:42:31</pubDate></item><item><title>Software Development Processes — Daily Stand-up</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/software-development-processes-daily-stand-up/</comments><description>What is daily stand-up in Scrum methodology and how a software development team should conduct the meeting to be more efficient.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/software-development-processes-daily-stand-up/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/software-development-processes-daily-stand-up/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 December 2020 15:22:28</pubDate></item><item><title>What is &amp; What is not — a user story or a backlog item</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/what-is-what-is-not-a-user-story-or-a-backlog-item/</comments><description>As a scrum master or project manager, we always run into this dilemma of what is a user story. For developers it is hard to distinguish between a task and a story. This blog explains what is and what is not a user story or back-log item.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/what-is-what-is-not-a-user-story-or-a-backlog-item/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/what-is-what-is-not-a-user-story-or-a-backlog-item/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 December 2020 15:27:07</pubDate></item><item><title>Web and Mobile Development Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada</title><author>Business Admin</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/mobile-development-company-in-vancouver-british-columbia-canada/</comments><description>SharpQuest is a Web and Mobile Development Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/mobile-development-company-in-vancouver-british-columbia-canada/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/december/mobile-development-company-in-vancouver-british-columbia-canada/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 December 2020 11:48:41</pubDate></item><item><title>How Virtual Visit Capabilities Kept Homecare Running During the Pandemic—And Beyond</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/july/virtual-visit-capability-home-healthcare-pandemic/</comments><description>Learn how a home health care company operating in Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and other states implemented virtual visits in a custom mobile app platform developed by SharpQuest team.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/july/virtual-visit-capability-home-healthcare-pandemic/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/july/virtual-visit-capability-home-healthcare-pandemic/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 July 2020 14:55:28</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Steps to Building a Healthcare Business Case for Application Modernization</title><author>Piyush Bhatt</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/july/healthcare-business-case-application-modernization/</comments><description>SharpQuest team helped IPC Healthcare rebuild a web based patient tracking application using modern tools and hosted in their secure on-premise facility. The application was scalable to support multiple regions and that allowed the company to expand and easily provide services in other regions using the new application.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/july/healthcare-business-case-application-modernization/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2020/july/healthcare-business-case-application-modernization/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 July 2020 15:09:49</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 10 Most Common MongoDB Commands</title><author>Rashmita Nayak</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2018/november/top-10-most-common-mongodb-commands/</comments><description>Top 10 Most Common MongoDB Commands. Are you new to MongoDB? Then this cheat sheet with the top 10 most common MongoDB commands can be very useful to you.</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2018/november/top-10-most-common-mongodb-commands/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2018/november/top-10-most-common-mongodb-commands/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 November 2019 18:19:35</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Software Recognized on Clutch as a Leading Software Development Agency</title><author>Luke</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2019/april/ai-software-recognized-on-clutch-as-a-leading-software-development-agency/</comments><description>AI Software Recognized on Clutch as a Leading Software Development Agency</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2019/april/ai-software-recognized-on-clutch-as-a-leading-software-development-agency/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2019/april/ai-software-recognized-on-clutch-as-a-leading-software-development-agency/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 April 2019 17:17:35</pubDate></item><item><title>SQL Server identity values jump by 1000 when it is restarted</title><author>SQL Server identity values jump by 1000 when it is restarted</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2019/march/sql-server-identity-values-jump-by-1000-when-it-is-restarted/</comments><description>SQL Server identity values jump by 1000 when it is restarted</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2019/march/sql-server-identity-values-jump-by-1000-when-it-is-restarted/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2019/march/sql-server-identity-values-jump-by-1000-when-it-is-restarted/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 April 2019 00:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>How to create a simple PowerApp with a SharePoint data source</title><author>Rashmita Nayak</author><comments>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2018/november/how-to-create-a-simple-powerapp-with-a-sharepoint-data-source/</comments><description>Create a simple PowerApp which allows you to View/Add/Edit list .items in a SharePoint List or Document Library</description><link>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2018/november/how-to-create-a-simple-powerapp-with-a-sharepoint-data-source/</link><guid>https://www.sharpquest.com/blog/posts/2018/november/how-to-create-a-simple-powerapp-with-a-sharepoint-data-source/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 November 2018 17:58:52</pubDate></item></channel></rss>