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Are FileMaker plug-ins dead?

January 20th, 2012 3 comments

The release of FileMaker Go has added a new variable to the equation we use when considering whether to use a FileMaker plug-in. We are experiencing a big shift to mobile solutions. Within less than a year ignoring the iOS platform became an unforgivable mistake for every FileMaker developer.

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FileMaker Technical Network

January 11th, 2012 No comments

The FileMaker Technical Network is now free for FileMaker developers, designers and users to share their knowledge and skills amongst one another.

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What do all the good FileMaker girls and boys want for Christmas?

December 23rd, 2011 No comments

Tiz the season to be jolly and all that. So What is on the good Filemaker developers wish list? Read more…

CSS Shaders

October 6th, 2011 No comments

I think of all the things I love about being a web developer – its the constant development and evolution of the technologies available to me as a developer. Just this week we have the following (proposal only at the moment) from Adobe – CSS Shaders.

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jsFiddle

August 19th, 2011 No comments

Just a quick post from me today, to recommend jsFiddle. It’s an online service that allows you to quickly try out Javascript ideas and share them with other developers. The mileage you will get out of this for development I (would imagine) is small – but as a learning and sharing resource its fantastic!

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Apple Store Reading Opens

June 25th, 2011 No comments

After being a total geek this morning and queueing up with the hundreds of other Apple fans, I just want to wish the team at the new Apple Store, Reading all the very best of luck and say how glad we are, at Linear Blue, to see a local Apple Store in Reading.

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FileMaker Feud at DevCon 2011

June 21st, 2011 No comments

Attention FileMaker friends and DevCon attendees: MightyData will host a contest at this year’s conference called FileMaker Feud.

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MySQL Certified Developer

June 3rd, 2011 No comments

Linear Blue are proud to announce that one of our Senior FileMaker Developers – Damian Kelly has passed the Oracle Certified Professional MySQL 5.0 Developer exam. This compliments our expanding web development team where Damian will offer an excellent level of support and assistance.

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Report Generation in a Locked Down System

May 4th, 2011 No comments

As a bespoke development company we often utilise FileMaker as a development platform to design software systems for our clients that are locked down to allow for a robust environment. The disadvantage of this is that end users are locked away from the great reporting power of Filemaker Pro.

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Google Maps – Multiple Custom Markers

April 26th, 2011 No comments

Recently I have been building a system that required some interaction with Google Maps in terms of creating multiple custom markers to a map. There are many different approaches to solving this problem but I thought I would share my particular twist on this in this post.

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