by Michelle Tanner
Derek Du is one of our lead software developers. We thought it would be helpful to get some insight from him on his job and how he approaches each project to ensure success of the application and the happiness of the client.

1.  As a client manager and software development engineer, what is your favorite part of your job?

I like the opportunity to work on a variety...

by Joe Zhou

Last week, I tested a Windows application one of my colleagues wrote. I was told before my test that it was working in the development environment. However, when I attempted to run it, it threw an exception every time  that says:
“Error: The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the ...

by Jacky Xu

Sometimes we have project where we need to connect to an sftp server, download and upload a file. But, Microsoft .net library does not have an easy solution for it. WinSCP provides a .net library to operate the sftp site easily.

1.       You should download the library from WinSCP website and install it.

2.       Add it...

by Jacky Xu

Recently, I was researching .net linq syntax and found one interesting function: Extension Methods. I found myself asking, Why can linq add many methods to many existing classes? Did Microsoft change these classes? The answer is no. They are using a new c# 3.0 feature: Extension Methods. The old way is to inherit the “string” class and add it to your new method, and use y...

by Emma Tsai

As a Business Analyst, testing is an important part of my job to ensure that the programs we deliver meets the client’s expectation. Here are some of my favorite articles:

1.       Top 13 Tips for Writing Effective Test Cases for Any Application

The article gives you some very useful tips while writing test cases.
 
2.     Softw...

by Derek Du
Here are some of the most interesting articles I read this week.

by Emma Tsai

Recently, we provided staff augmentation services to a housing service company. We had a Sage CRM developer working on several CRM customization projects that support their special operational needs for their student housing account management. One of the most current projects is to pull the application information from their existing housing website and upload them to Sage CRM and t...

By Brian Terrell
I spoke with a highly regarded Intacct and Sage business partner today about an idea he has for a vertical application to complement Intacct. Many business partners own the domain knowledge required to create highly successful software applications.  However, they often lack the development capacity and staff to complete the project.
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by Emma Tsai
As a business analyst, I not only work with clients to get the requirements, but also perform functional testing for software applications. Sometimes, I need to work with SQL server to do database query and compare the results while testing. Recently, I found using Windows functions to perform data analysis computations in SQL server is pretty handy.
Basically, Windows aggregate funct...

by Jacky Xu
Here are the three most interesting articles I read this week:
1. The Sage 300 ERP System Manager Core DLLs http://smist08.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/the-sage-300-system-manager-core-dlls/
It helps Sage 300 developers understand the low levels of Sage 300 ERP. Also, it lets you have a clear structure of Sage 300 EP.
2. Automatically increments the assemblies version http://devsid.blogsp...