Category Archives: Programming

A developer review of the new FileMaker 11 – Part 1

By denis | Published: 2/10/2010
I’ve been fortunate enough to use FileMaker Pro Advanced v11 and have been testing it since the 2nd week of February.  Per an email from FileMaker Inc, version 11 boasts the following top new features: FileMaker Charts – Create eye-catching reports using bar, line, area, and pie charts. Quick Reports – Make reports in a spreadsheet-like format. [...]
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Vertical Market Solutions in FileMaker, Issue 0

By denis | Published: 1/25/2010
There’s not a lot of info, I realize, on the web or collectively disseminated about building a vertical market solution using FileMaker Pro as your development and user environment. Many people have built vertical market solutions, but few have actually spoken about it. Given this is something I feel passionate about and have had numerous [...]
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The problems with Jquery & Wordpress as a CMS

By denis | Published: 9/8/2009
I’m a big fan of increasing productivity by having computers do work for me. With the release of the website for InBloom version 2.0, I decided to use Wordpress as a CMS (content management system) so I wouldn’t have to fire up Dreamworks to make a correction or an update. So far, it’s been working [...]
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A nice introduction to AJAX

By denis | Published: 12/15/2005
For those looking for a nice intro to AJAX, both Michael of Binary Bonsai and IBM Developer Works have writeups. Michael’s is more about the Scriptaculous JavaScript library, but it’s worth reading. You can find Michael’s writeup here and IBM’s writeup here. The scant posts here at SWL are a product of a lot [...]
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