At our May, 2024 Claris Exchange Meetup we celebrated 100 meetings since our start in 2012!
LuminFire Solution Engineers Andy Walz and Shawn Krueger speak about several helpful development techniques. Also included are links to some of the references mentioned in the presentation.
1. Entity Attribute Value (EAV) Model – Introduction to ad-hoc data storage
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity-attribute-value_model
- https://inviqa.com/blog/understanding-eav-data-model-and-when-use-it
2. Demo – BrilliantHub Starter – Managing integrations: Using a normalized EAV model for storing integration settings
3. Execute FileMaker Data API – Unleashing the power of context free data retrieval
- https://help.claris.com/en/pro-help/content/execute-filemaker-data-api.html
- https://help.claris.com/en/pro-help/content/while.html
- https://www.proofgeist.com/blog/2020/05/20/filemaker-19-execute-filemaker-data-api-script-step/
4. While ( ) – Replacing looping script steps with a single function call
5. Text Snippets – The secret to more productive calculation writing
Watch this video to learn more:
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Tim Cimbura – CEO, CFO and Software Engineer
Tim is an expert in creating custom business solutions that make businesses more effective, productive, and profitable. He specializes in rapid application development with the Claris platform including FileMaker, Laravel, and WordPress. He also knows Apple macOS technology inside and out.