The Context Podcast

The FileMaker platform keeps introducing new ways to send and receive data from other files or from another service. IN the latest versions, oData was introduced. Many developers think the use of oData now is a game changer. 

Our Guest, John Renfrew, gives us all the details about oData and makes it clear it is a game changer. At first it seemed kind of scary and new and incomprehensible, but his clear description of its strengths and uses demystifies this new feature. At the end of this episode, I personally, realized OData's potential and decided, indeed, it is a game changer.

John is here to let us know that FileMaker developers of every experience level can have success in using Odata to perform all manner of record-related tasks. I'm glad he was able to clear up the new feature for me.

Read the OData Spec here
Steve Senft-Herrera at Beezwax shares examples and ideas with OData.
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In this episode we speak about the JavaScript library JSONata.
Kevin Frank is found at kevinfrank.com and fileMakerhacks.com
The query language we're working with is called JSONata.
Check out Kevin's post: FileMaker 19 + JSONata
Check out Jeremy's post: Towards a Better JS Development Environment
Kevin used data from restcountries.eu
The JSON exerciser is a useful tool for the query language.

And of course, json.org is a vital site for us to visit and read.

Today’s episode involves no technical content about FileMaker. We’re not gonna talk about virtual lists or repeating fields or even javaScript. Instead, we talk about how to run a FileMaker business by the leader of one of the longest running and award winning fileMaker consultant shops in the world. David Knight, founder and CEO of Angel City Data joins me today to share how his company has lasted all these years with some impressive statistics. His simple-to-understand and yet powerful philosophy–the four Cs–guides all that happens in his business. Along with those four Cs, he share other insights and mindsets all those at Angel City Data share. David’s guiding principles must be effective, and he gladly shares them with us.

David is part of FMDisc. Their past meetings are found here. Join the Meetup and attend where ever you're at.

Andy talks with us about the following topics:
INTRO: 00:01:12
Community & Learning: 00:10:21
Claris Engage Beyond: 00:54:08
Claris' Agile Process: 01:13:24

You can find more info about Claris Engage Beyond here.

We mention some great learning resources:
RC Consulting and Productive Computing, But there are many more out there! 

Colleen Hammersley is the owner of DataWaves.

Our main goal as Claris FileMaker developers is to solve problems for clients or for ourselves. Our secondary goal is to build systems which perform very well. Of course “perform very well” is subjective. For one client, a technique may perform well, but for another one, the technique is slow and untenable. Though it has different meanings for different contexts, performance should be on the top of our heads as we develop.

NIck Lightbody joins us to lend his experience and perspective to this idea of Performance. For most of his career he’s spent exploring the ideas of performance for apps. Starting with, of all things, developing for iOS, he’s played with techniques that he’s found keep performance high throughout the entire development process. Let’s explore his perspective about keeping FileMaker apps running smoothly.

Links:
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Nick's extensive forum posts are found here.

If you have a performance issue, you can reach out to the community to report an issue.

This episode is brought to you by Otto. Join Dave Graham for Office Hours, learning more about Otto.

If you choose to learn another technology, JavaScript is a great thing to learn.

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HEre's a list of the stuff we mentioned:

Modular FileMaker
Claus' episode on Modular FileMaker
React and React Training
Seedcode's articles on JavaScript and Web viewer work in WebDirect

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Kate Waldhauser, Development Lead at Portage Bay Solutions. Follow them on Twitter

Her Claris Connect user group is found here. Check there for monthly meetings. Next one is March 17,2021.

Tony White is at twdesigns.com
Check out Tony's infographics and other resources.
And follow him on Twitter.

Here's the resources you can use to find local (or across-the-world) user groups:
Tony White's source, and here's a list of the user groups Tony is a part of.
Chis Moyer of the Moyer Group's list
Check out the new Claris Connect user group
Finally you can find a list of events here at Claris' website