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Server Administration for Hotfixes
FileMaker makes it too easy for developers to make updates to applications in production. This is a risky practice, and should be avoided as much as possible. Best practice is…
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Using Feature Flags in Development
Continuous Deployment refers to the ability to continuously deploy changes from the development environment to the production environment, where it can be utilized by users. In an ideal, and Agile…
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FilterValues
While we’re on the topic of value list functions, does anyone else love the FilterValues list as much as me? Of course not, that was a rhetorical question. At first…
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FileMaker Value List Functions
FileMaker provides several value list functions to help manage and manipulate value lists, but I’ve always found their behavior a little odd. Every time you use them, you get a…
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Project Management
Server Administration for Hotfixes
FileMaker makes it too easy for developers to make updates to applications in production. This is a risky practice, and should be avoided as much as possible. Best practice is…
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FileMaker Development
Using Feature Flags in Development
Continuous Deployment refers to the ability to continuously deploy changes from the development environment to the production environment, where it can be utilized by users. In an ideal, and Agile…
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Tips and Tricks
Server Administration for Hotfixes
FileMaker makes it too easy for developers to make updates to applications in production. This is a risky practice, and should be avoided as much as possible. Best practice is…
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Previous Posts
Passing Parameters with JSON
APIs are a foundation of building modular, adaptable applications. An API (Application Programming Interface) is they way that the programming in an application communicates to other areas of programming. Just…
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From Development to Production
Learn how to rapidly develop and deploy with FileMaker tools FileMaker makes it very easy to rapidly develop applications and release them to users. There is no code to integrate,…
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A Novel Framework for Agile Management
Make sure your project will give the audience what they want Any project is developed as a product of opposing forces; scope, cost, and time. The ideal project result is…
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Building New Relationships In All the Right Places
The relationship is the cornerstone of database design. Leveraging how tables relate to each other enables complex reporting, analysis, and interface designs.
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The Nature of Agile
Abandon Tradition, Embrace Change As more companies try to implement Agile practices, the nature of Agile becomes lost in a series of practices, ceremonies, and artifacts. None of these items…
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The Key To Powerful Relationships
Relational database depend on primary and foreign keys, fields central to the strength and performance of database applications.
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Take a While to Solve the Calculation
The While function is more easily tested and controlled than recursive functions, and it is also much faster than a scripted loop function.
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Take Control of the Browser in WebDirect
You can’t always go Back Using WebDirect is a powerful way to bring your FileMaker application to an audience beyond FileMaker Clients. Allowing users to access the FileMaker application through…
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Bring the Voice of the Customer to Your Project
The Publisher represents the voice of the customer. Learn how to take a list of requirements and turn them into a product that customers want to use.
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Taming Table Occurrences
In this article we explore a path to good data model design for networked databases that share tables across multiple applications in a multi-user environment.
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Using Arrays in Powerful New Ways
If you’re not using JSON yet, this article will give you some tips for adding it to your toolbox.
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Getting Started with Good Data
The most important part of any database is the data model. In today’s spreadsheet driven data design, we often see a single flat table with columns as far as the…
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Future Proof with FileMaker
FileMaker is more than an application, it’s a data based workflow platform. Let’s take a look at what that means for your company’s bottom line when you plan for the…
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