Prepare Your Custom App for FileMaker WebDirect Johan Hedman, of Atatiki AB, is a FileMaker 15 Certified Developer, and he presented on preparing your custom app for FileMaker WebDirect: More and more customers are asking for a custom app on the Internet. This session outlines 10 steps that will give you the best possible start […]
FileMaker Cloud Marc Larochelle with his perspective on FileMaker Cloud: a followup session at DevCon 2016. Larochelle is AWS certified (just happened!) and has some great details on implementation and some background of the project, as well. Ya gotta love the free market: This iPhone 7 case brings back the missing headphone jack A little […]
FileMaker on Amazon’s Cloud is here! FileMaker previewed FileMaker Cloud (under non disclosure, of course) at DevCon 2016, and the reception was enthusiastic! The formula is simple: FileMaker Server plus Amazon Web Services plus Linux CentOS = very powerful, easily configured FileMaker servers at a (mostly) reasonable price! Some of the nontechnical features you’ll want to […]
Life is tough sometimes (but not today) On a working vacation, first time in Estes Park, Colorado. A very beautiful valley just west of Longmont. Here’s the view from our balcony: Hoping to get a bike ride in this morning on that bike path down there. And last night we mingled with a herd of […]
UX Design Susan Prosser, President DBHQ, LLC, presented on Frictionless UX Hacks at FileMaker DevCon 2016. Her focus is on UX Design through building great communication skills for use during the entire project. The focus of her presentation in flow/enchantment, the last 10% you need to build to make your software really easy to use. Button […]
Susan: Thanks for posting the link to my session!
Don Clark: You're welcome, Susan! I listened to it once, but need to do it again, this time taking notes. There was…
FileMaker Developer Interviews – DevCon 2016 Time to fess up: Somehow I managed to double book two interviews: William Miller – he booked in advance before the convention, and Gordon and Jimmy Cox for the same slot, whom I invited after meeting them in a meet and greet after an FBA meeting. It all worked out […]
User Experience Here’s an informative post by Jordan Watson on user experience at Medium.com: Defining what constitutes a great user experience is near impossible. This is because building a custom app with a good user experience is based upon multiple factors, from your relationship with your client, to the level of usability and interfaces you provide, […]
E-Payments in FileMaker If you are planning to learn about E-Payments in FileMaker, watch this video of Mike Beargie about integrating E-payments in your custom app. Among other things, you’ll learn: The three keys to security Transmission Retention Tokenization Plugins (360Works Plastic in particular) API Handoffs Page Handoffs Reverse Writes Beargie also talks about CCQ-FM, a […]
Developer Friendly Custom Apps Makah Encarnanao of Soliant Consulting on building developer friendly custom apps. Here are some things you will learn: How to make your comments effective, and discover non-obvious ways to make comments How to organize your custom app so things are easy to find How to label your fields, layouts, tables, scripts, […]
FileMaker Talk Interviews Don Clark Turnabout is fair play! Right after I did a video interview of Matt Navarre at DevCon 2016, he interviewed me for his podcast, FileMaker Talk: Matt & Matt talk about DevCon 2016 and all the cool things they saw and learned. Matt Navarre talks with Don Clark and Jesse Barnum. […]
From Jason Erickson of Linear Blue (see his FileMaker Pro Gurus Interview from DevCon 2015 here), Advanced Reporting and Dashboard Techniques: This session is directed at intermediate-level FileMaker developers who have experience building standard reports. We discuss how to get the most out of displaying your data, whether in a dashboard format for desktop or […]
FileMaker Developer Interview Christo Lowe – Excelisys, AKA “Christo” Christo is the founder of Excelisys, which is located in South Bend, Indiana (Home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish!). Attention FileMaker Developer Business Owners: Learn from Christo about taking your business to the next level in this video. Christo started as a FileMaker Developer in 1986. […]
Karen Weaver: Hi Don - this is the new feature in the desktop versions - no more downloads, you just choose check…
Don Clark: Thanks, Karen. I finally figured it out: I had the incorrect settings in my preferences, so "Check for Updates" did…