User’s Sandbox: Performance, data integrity, and UX for FileMaker

by Andrew Witschonke
Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker 2024, FileMaker Go, FileMaker Server, Performance, Software Design, Techniques

The “User’s Sandbox” (aka “Local File”) technique builds a sandbox for data editing by users, protecting data integrity and transactionality, without sacrificing usability. After refining this approach to prioritize user experience and security, at Beezwax we’ve used it for years, adapting it to build more performant, more accurate, better looking, and more functional Claris FileMaker applications.

Andrew “Red” Witschonke, Director of Engineering at Beezwax, first presented on the User’s Sandbox technique at Claris Engage 2024 — the premier event for the FileMaker development community, held at Apple’s Austin Campus and hosted by Claris, an Apple company.

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I See You: Intro to Observer Pattern

by Hannah Yiu
Posted in All, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Software Design, Tools, Web Development

Observer pattern is a behavioral design pattern that attempts to resolve the problem of multiple objects depending on the state of a single object. Here’s an overview, and a somewhat simplified example.

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Beezwax’s Vincenzo Menanno Wins Claris Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Beezwax News, Claris Connect, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker 2024, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Server, InspectorPro, News, Tools & Add-ons

Recognized as a “pillar of the Claris Community”, Vince Menanno is honored for Long-time Technical Excellence, Developer Advocacy, Sharing Expertise and Passion with Customers and Developers

February, 2024 – AUSTIN, Tex. – Claris International Inc., an Apple company, named Vincenzo (Vince) Menanno of Beezwax as winner of the Claris Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was presented during Claris Engage 2024, February 6th-8th at the Apple Austin Campus.

This award highlights Vince Menanno‘s 30+ year career as a consultant, technical innovator, developer advocate and community leader. Claris honored Vince with the Lifetime Achievement Award which “salutes a Claris Partner or community member who is a long-time pillar of the Claris Community and recognized as a leader whose voice is respected.”

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Rock Solid Business Logic: The Action Pattern

by Federico Ramirez
Posted in All, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Software Design, Web Development

The Action Pattern is a rock solid solution for organizing business logic in an application. It works quite well for medium to large-ish projects. I like the Action Pattern because it introduces few concepts, unlike some more elaborate and complex designs. It’s flexible, scalable and helps me feel more confident in handling complex business logic in my work as a developer. Even though generative AI now plays a bigger role in programming, it does not replace actual software design, and the Action Pattern can be a great tool to have in your toolbox!

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System for Success: Atomic Design for Google Display Ads

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Business, Design, FileMaker, Marketing

Our UX/Design team shared their process for creating display ads, for Google Ads and social media campaigns, using a system to optimize collaboration between Design and Marketing teams.

Our marketing team wanted to implement a design system that could quickly generate different variations of display ads in multiple sizes, based on IAB Fixed Size Ad Specifications. This system had to balance creative freedom and brand adherence. We wanted users to be able to change content, colors, backgrounds, buttons and other visual elements without heavy involvement from a designer. However, it was important to create a systematic approach, so ads would stay on brand and follow a conceptual and visual pattern.

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Houston FMDUT – InspectorPro 8 for FileMaker: Investigate, Accelerate, Collaborate

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker 2024, FileMaker Server, InspectorPro, Integration, Performance, Security, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

Beezwax’s Vincenzo (Vince) Menanno is presenting to audiences of FileMaker developers at meetups and conferences, on the topic of “InspectorPro 8 for FileMaker: Investigate, Accelerate, Collaborate”.

At the February 2024 Houston FMDUT (FileMaker Developer, Users, Trainers) meeting, Vince shares the latest research, development best practices, and product offerings. Vince has a number of surprises up his sleeves that he can’t wait to show. If you’re a FileMaker Developer attending, we hope to see you there!

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User’s Sandbox: Opening new performance, data, and UI/UX possibilities for FileMaker — Claris Engage 2024

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, Performance, Software Design, Techniques

Andrew “Red” Witschonke from Beezwax presents at Claris Engage 2024, the premier event for the FileMaker development community, held at Apple’s Austin Campus and hosted by Claris, an Apple company.

Andrew Red Witschonke - Director of Engineering at Beezwax presenting at Claris Engage 2024 on the topic of Users Sandbox - Opening new performance data, and UI-UX possibilities on February 7 at 1030 am CST
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Beezwax Sponsors and Presents at Claris Engage 2024, FileMaker Developer Conference on Apple’s Austin Campus

by Jay Gonzales
Posted in All, bBox, Beezwax News, Business, bzBond, Claris Connect, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 2023, InspectorPro, Performance, Software Design, Tableau FM, Tools & Add-ons

Claris Engage is the largest event for the Claris / FileMaker developer community. Hosted by Claris, an Apple company, Engage 2024 brings together hundreds of attendees to the Apple Campus in Austin, Texas for three days of collaboration, learning & training, networking and connecting with other peers and partners, with a theme of “Build The Future”.

Beezwax Highlights At Claris Engage 2024

As an award-winning Claris Platinum Partner, and Sponsor for Claris Engage 2024, Beezwax is proud to announce that:

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Google Ads Essentials: Common Challenges in Ads Performance

by Russ Catanach
Posted in All, Business, Marketing

Google Ads, previously known as Google AdWords, has become indispensable to business advertising strategies. It’s no longer just an option; it’s a pivotal element in a company’s marketing efforts.

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bzPython-FM performs Python for your FileMaker apps

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, bBox, Claris Development, Data Analytics, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, FM Products, Integration, Python, Tools & Add-ons

bzPython-FM easily performs Python code within FileMaker, using the bBox plugin.

There are literally thousands of Python packages out there, for AI and Machine Learning, data analysis, data science and IT automation — now at your fingertips from within FileMaker.

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EngageU 2023 – Most Inspiring Claris FileMaker Development Conference

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in Beezwax News, Business, Claris Connect, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, InspectorPro, Integration, News, Performance, Security, Tools & Add-ons

I collected some thoughts and observations from EngageU 2023, the European Claris / FileMaker Developer Conference held Nov 12-14 in Antwerp. Beezwax was proud to be a sponsor. There were plenty of technical discussions, a few described here, and even moreso, plenty of things that should make us all inspired heading toward 2024. If last year’s conference were the “Biggest Claris FileMaker Conference of 2022“, this year’s EngageU was the Most Inspiring, as well as the Biggest of 2023.

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Beezwax Sponsors EngageU Claris FileMaker Developer Conference

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Beezwax News, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, InspectorPro, News, Techniques

Vincenzo Menanno Presents “Elements for Building Great Solutions” and InspectorPro

This week, November 12-14, we’re in Antwerp, at EngageU. It’s one of the biggest Claris® / FileMaker® Developer community events worldwide this year, and Beezwax is proud to be a sponsor.

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Advanced Search and Replace with Vim

by Federico Ramirez
Posted in All, productivity, Tools, Unix, Vim, Web Development

I find search and replace to be a remarkably interesting topic, because it touches on so many Vim concepts. As a text editor, one of Vim’s superpower is composability, which enables combining small commands to accomplish complex tasks with search and replace.

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Leveraging pandas with Python to Analyze FileMaker Data Sets

by Nat Robinson
Posted in bBox, Claris Development, Data Analytics, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, Integration, Python, Tableau FM, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

The pandas library for Python has become a go-to tool for many data scientists and analysts. In this blog post, we’ll examine one strategy for leveraging the highly powerful tools within pandas to enhance data analysis capabilities using the Claris FileMaker platform. We’ll do this by calling the bBox plugin and its built-in Python functions.

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Dynamic FileMaker UI Using Layout Calculations

by Alec Gregory
Posted in All, Claris Development, Design, FileMaker, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Go, Techniques

Layout calculations in Claris FileMaker enable us to include dynamic elements in text objects. This is a deceptively powerful addition to FileMaker’s layout capabilities. We’ll describe how layout calculations work, and detail three interesting things about them.

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Data Gold: Uncovering Qualified Sales Leads in Your Database

by Russ Catanach
Posted in All, Business, Claris Development, FileMaker, Marketing

Will a new client contact me today? Will they tomorrow?

As a business owner, salesperson, or marketer, you cannot afford to wait for business to come to you passively. You are likely doing everything you can think of (and afford) to attract new business while also doing your best to keep past customers happy.

What you may not realize is that you are sitting on a gold mine. There’s a treasure trove of past leads and customers that you must do everything possible to activate. Mining through your Contacts database is like panning for gold. Sure, it can be tedious, but the Gold Miners who actively search regularly find areas likely to be more prosperous.

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Pause 2023, an (un)conference

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, Management, Organization Development

Pause (née “PauseOnError”) this week, highlighted by FileMaker Summer Camp in the northern Georgia hills.

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Harnessing Business Momentum with Claris® FileMaker®

by Russ Catanach
Posted in All, Business, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, Management, Marketing, Organization Development

Russ Catanach is Marketing Director at Beezwax, as well as host of the podcast DIY For Business. He’s sharing his insights, especially from a business perspective, on being a longtime Claris FileMaker user and developer.

Harnessing momentum is a crucial factor in business success. You can fuel innovation, enhance efficiency, and foster growth by leveraging past achievements and embracing swift progress.

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Claris Product Roadmap 2023 – Streamlining FileMaker Solutions

by Russ Catanach
Posted in All, Business, Claris Connect, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Go, FileMaker Server, News

FileMaker® developers and users now have a clearer picture of their platform’s future thanks to Claris’s unified and simplified platform strategy. This latest news, announced August 29, rolls back the idea of a dual-platform strategy announced a year ago, and highlights the continued support for FileMaker as central to ongoing Claris® product plans.

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Handling Historical Data with FileMaker and AWS Athena, S3 & Serverless

by Fabio Bosisio
Posted in All, AWS, Claris Development, Data Analytics, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration, Logging, Reporting, Software Design, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

In this blog post, we will explore a solution for optimising a FileMaker app that handles large amounts of data. We will address the challenges of data storage, file corruption, and performance degradation when dealing with historical data.

By leveraging cloud storage and serverless computing, we can offload and query this data efficiently, ensuring better performance and scalability.

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