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Todd talks in detail about the FileMaker Product Roadmap.
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Kevin Frank of filemakerhacks.com

Here's a list of posts from the site we mentioned.
Magic Key: Part 1, Part 2
Thinking about JSON
Virtual Lists

Determining if Two Date Ranges Overlap from Soliant Consulting.

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The FileMaker Product Roadmap webinar is found here.

We discussed the following topics.
JSON: Here are the JSON specs
XML: Beverly Voth's book
ODBC
Virtual Lists
Lookups
ExecuteSQL: Beverly Voth's Missing Manual post
Repeating fields
Named Variable Buckets: Wim Decorte's blog post
JavaScript: Our FileMaker & JavaScript stuff
SSL
Monitoring Tools: Zabbix (Wim Decorte & Mislav Kos' post and DevCon video)
We also mention Bob Bowers' 2012 DevCon Session: Advanced Reporting Techniques

Here are the concepts we talk about today:

• Transactions
• Record Life Cycle
• Scripting
• Parts of FileMaker
• Security
• Indexing
• Relationships
• Data Modeling
• Calculations
• Inputting data
• Reporting on data
• APIs
• WebWidgets
• Sharing the File

Todd and Jeremy mention the following modules and tools:

DBTransactions
And more on Transactions

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Here are the links mentioned in this episode.

FMPerception
Dave Ramsey @designdb
FMComparison
Realtime Developer Intelligence Tool
Dave's podcast: Project Update with co host Joe Simpson

The three less-known features of FMPerception are:

1. Auto-open XML Database Design Reports in FMPerception.
2. Text Search area
3. Flagged Functions
4. (BONUS): Copy/paste Sidebar of a script or a field.

FMComparison

• Beta is out soon (macOS first, then WIndows)
• Current FMPerception customers will get access to the beta.
• Current FMPerception customers will get this tool for free.

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Our guests today are
Susan Fennema, the chaos-killing, clutter-kicking, disorder-fighting maven of Beyond the Chaos
Vanessa Costanzo, Director, Business Development & Technology at Recruiting Pro Software LLC

Susan and Vanessa are part of the leadership team for Women Innovating Together, a nonprofit that serves Women in the FileMaker world.

Here's the list of topics we talked about:

1. Scholarships. WIT provides scholarships to women each year for the Claris conference. 
2. People can donate to the scholarship fund anytime of the year
3. WIT also offers mentorships for anyone. You can sign up and be a mentor or a mentee.
4. WIT can be supported by FBA partners through donations or encouraging staff to sign up.