At the beginning of the project, at the project kickoff meeting, the big boss walks into the room and tells everyone that we need the project done by the end of the fiscal year, six months from now.
Team morale is high. Why wouldn’t it be? We still have all of our budget. The team we put together seems quite eager and competent. Everything will be fine.
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Did we mention it’s free? This article documents all the necessary steps to build your first Claris Connect Flow, starting from the very beginning. By following along, you can start to harness the power of automation and integration with Claris Connect in three easy steps. Step 1: Get Claris Connect for Free Want to see …
Why should I modernize my apps? What is a legacy app? There are a few factors that, when combined, constitute a legacy app. Apps carrying technical debt and using outdated technologies that are critical for day-to-day operations are what we call legacy apps. They cause pain for their users constantly and, for that reason, are …
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Let’s look at how investing in software during an economic downturn can strengthen your company and save you money in the long run.
I work for a custom software developer. As such, my biggest competitors are not other custom developers or even new technologies. My biggest competitor is apathy, where the customer does not make any decision, or they choose an off-the-shelf application (also known as commercial-off-the-shelf applications, or COTS). COTS applications are prebuilt for a specific niche …
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What is a custom function? Custom FileMaker functions are functions defined by the developer that can be reused anywhere in the database file in which they are created. As developers, we can find ourselves evaluating a calculation multiple times, which is a great sign to use a custom function. A great resource for custom functions is …
The main focus of FileMaker 2023 is performance and connectivity, which is necessary to support improved scalability, data exchange, and performance. In addition to nearly 500 bug fixes throughout the ecosystem, this release brings some very exciting new features and improvements.
This is called low-code development, since the amount of code required from the programmer is very limited. It offers some benefits over traditional software development.
Claris International recently held a 2023 Update Webinar to take stock of the advances in the new Claris Platform and provide a blueprint for development to come.
