There are a variety of web services out there to help teams do their work efficiently and effectively. FileMaker and Airtable are just a few go-to solutions for business folks struggling with organizing their time, projects, and people. Airtable is generally perceived as easy to use. It’s an excellent tool to turn to when you’re […]
Hourly Billing is Nuts For FileMaker developers looking to break out of the hourly billing cycle, check out Jonathan Stark’s offerings at the link. The price is reasonable and posts I’ve read in the past by him are worth your time. Source: Hourly Billing Is Nuts by Jonathan Stark The State of API Integrations […]
Nic Orr and Salvatore Colangelo at FileMaker DevCon 2017. I interviewed Nic Orr and Salvatore Colangelo on the exhibition floor at DevCon 2017. I had never met either before, and enjoyed our meeting. And, as usual, I learned a lot. Nic is the developer Goya’s BaseElements, RefreshFM, RESTfm, and the BaseElements plugin, a plugin used […]
FileMaker and REST From Mason Stenquist of DB Services, watch this 6:23 minute video on integrating FileMaker and REST. And, better yet, download the free example file and have some fun picking it apart. CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) is the acronym used to describe the four ways to integrate with a datasource using the REST API, […]
James Clear on How to Get and Stay Motivated Do you have trouble getting and staying motivated? Does it seem like everything you read or watch works for a short while and then just fades away? Then you might need to know the science behind getting and staying motivated. James Clear really researches his posts, […]
FileMaker REST using BaseElements Plugin Matt Petrowsky, of ISO FileMaker Magazine, puts out high-quality instructional videos and example files on a weekly basis. And to support this, he charges a very modest fee for access. If you are serious about developing FileMaker, it’s a smart move to subscribe. The time savings you’ll reap by watching […]
Ian Haas shows how to use 360Works Email plugin to capture and store emails in FileMaker. You can also send emails form FileMaker (with multiple attachments) with the plugin. We demo how to download emails using the 360Works email plugin into your FileMaker solution directly from your inbox for you and others to view your […]
Why Use RESTfm? I’ve been looking for a good blog post showing a real life example of using RESTfm from Goya for a while, if only because I haven’t had the need to use it, and I wanted to know more about it. Damien Kelly of Blackframe wrote such a post–and here is why RESTFM was the […]