Unit Testing in FileMaker

Unit Testing is the practice of  testing individual chunks of code to make sure they are working as designed.  Ideally it is done with a single click of a button, so that you can do it all the time.  Traditional FileMaker coding doesn't lend itself to this practice...

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Speaking at DevCon 2013

DevCon 2013 is coming back to California. YAY!  It will be August 12th - 15th in San Diego, California. For more information, visit the conference web page.  DevCon is always a blast.  Lots of great tricks, tips, and techniques from the best FileMaker heads from all...

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GoZync Hilite Reel

Update!  this is full of some pretty rich language and general goofiness.  If thats not for you then you probably shouldn't watch it [vimeo id="56382458"] For more information about GoZync, visit GoZync's website: http://www.seedcode.com/gozync

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Case Study: STAT Biomed

This summer, I traveled back east to visit one of my customers. STAT Biomed is a medical equipment sales and service company based in Middleboro, MA.  They have been using FileMaker for years, and have enjoyed great success with it.  Last year they asked us to help...

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Geist Interactive Featured at DevCon

DevCon 2012 is over and it was quite a show! I gave two presentations, I received a Mad Dog award and both GoZync and GoDraw were featured prominently in the Keynote and the closing session. John Sindelar from SeedCode and I were really proud that GoZync was part of...

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FileMaker 12 Released

FileMaker 12 Released

FileMaker 12 was released today.  This is a big release for FileMaker. It has quite few interesting new features, and a new price for the FileMaker Go product line. FREE! Yeah thats right FREE!  Read more about the release here. I'll have more to say on this later,...

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Speaking at DevCon

I am pleased to announce that I am speaking at the FileMaker Developer's Conference again this year. DevCon will be held in Miami, Florida, July 16-19 2012.  Click for more info about the venue and registration. This year I am giving two presentations. One on the...

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Time and Place

In our work helping our customers go mobile with FileMaker Go, we have started to develop some ideas about what it means to be mobile. I am sure these are not new ideas to many who have been developing mobile apps from the beginning, but they were new to us. I thought...

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GoDraw 1.0 – Drawing Extension for FileMaker Go

Newbury Park, CA - Jan 29, 2012 Geist Interactive today announces the release of GoDraw 1.0, a new drawing extension for FileMaker Go. GoDraw makes it easy to integrate simple drawing features into any FileMaker Go application. You can select different pen colors and...

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GoDraw Preview 2

I am just wrapping up the final feature set and documention for GoDraw 1.0 for FileMaker Go. I wanted to post this little video, showing how you can use GoDraw to take a picture, draw on the Picture, save the picture to the FileMaker Database, and then attach the...

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GoDraw Sneak Peek Video

I have been working on a Drawing App for FileMaker Go.  It is coming along nicely.  You are able to draw with your finger, choose different pen colors and thicknesses. You can change the background image, and the background color as well. Plus, the full version will...

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