When I meet people and tell them I build custom apps in FileMaker, the number of people who recall the platform from years and years ago with a nostalgic smile is impressive. Perhaps the loyalty FileMaker users have toward the platform is an important reason Claris FileMaker has thrived for so long. Along with PowerPoint and Microsoft Word, FileMaker stands with some of the few software applications nearing 40 years old. It has become a software platform that has stood the test of time. But in today's age, your FileMaker Pro database management system is no longer a stand-alone solution. It needs to become the hub to connect your existing business applications and integrate them with custom solutions in the cloud.
As Claris FileMaker developers we are always on the lookout for resources that will enhance our solutions in an easy and intuitive way. DataTables can be a rather challenging feature to implement from scratch without some serious learning and research, but resources like the popular Carafe Kitchen provide a great starting point for anyone wanting to implement a basic DataTables integration. Like any great resource though, it’s important to understand its limitations. While Carafe offers a great tool kit for basic DataTable integrations, it’s not always the easiest to expand so today we’ll explore two development processes for creating your own DataTables integration - Carafe Kitchen and JSDev.
Welcome to the fourth part of this summer’s blog series about Harnessing the Power of Digital Transformation. This post offers real-world advice on implementing a successful custom software project. Download the free tool and use it as a guide that will take you through the steps of analyzing your business goals, seeing examples of digital tools to help with that goal, and choosing relevant KPIs to measure your success. It was built using Claris FileMaker 19, in under 15 hours, and also serves as an example of the types of rapid solutions and thorough abilities at which FileMaker excels.
The Claris Beyond Meetup had the pleasure of hearing Jeremy Brown, of Integrating Magic, share about discovering all the JS that we can do in FileMaker. There's a lot of JavaScript we can do in Claris FileMaker Pro. Put another (and more appealing way) there are many more tools available to a FileMaker developer to solve clients' problems in their apps. It's worth exploring all that we can do in JavaScript to be ready when the time comes to implement the language in a client app. Listen to Jeremy walk us through all the possibilities JavaScript gives the FileMaker developer.
Get your FREE DEMO of simple command line tasks that can be used in Claris FileMaker. In a world of expanding API integrations and Claris Connect workflows, the command line is one tool that often gets overlooked. One of our recent projects needed to perform some video editing tasks using videos stored in the Claris FileMaker solution. Our first reaction was to start looking into some APIs to perform the specified tasks and while researching that I was reminded of FFmpeg. This post explores FFmpeg and other command line options further.
Welcome to the third part of this summer’s blog series - Harnessing the Power of Digital Transformation. This post offers real-world advice on implementing a successful custom software project. Let's start with how companies drive innovation. We can't build the "next great thing" if we aren't sure exactly what that is. Most companies strive to have a competitive edge. But it's the ones with a company culture which values creativity and innovation that can best implement tools and processes that will allow for that edge to happen and be fruitful.
