{"id":2927,"date":"2018-05-15T08:46:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2018-05-15T08:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T15:47:58","slug":"filemaker-17-launches-with-a-renewed-focus-on-the-basics-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/filemaker-17-launches-with-a-renewed-focus-on-the-basics-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"FileMaker 17 launches with a renewed focus on the basics | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"FileMaker<\/a>, the wholly owned Apple subsidiary, today launched version 17 of its low-code development platform, following the company\u2019s standard annual release cadence. With today\u2019s release, the company is doubling down on the basics that have led it to a million active subscribers who now use the service across industries and in both small- and medium-sized companies, as well as large enterprises.<\/p>\n

In the last release, the company added a number of tools that helped professional developers bring in outside data through APIs and other more pro-oriented features. Today\u2019s release builds on that, but focuses more on the \u201clower-end of the tech acumen spectrum,\u201d as FileMaker\u2019s\u00a0director <\/a> of platform evangelism Andrew LeCates told me. He did note, though, that the company doesn\u2019t really think about the distinction between professional and more casual users, though, since even professional developers often use it to quickly get a project off the ground.<\/p>\n

With this release, FileMaker is launching a number of new starter apps that allow even novice users to quickly build a contacts app, a task management service, or an asset and inventory tracker, for example.<\/p>\n

The service always featured starter apps, of course, but as LeCates noted, over time, those became larger and more complex, to the point where new users couldn\u2019t just take them and easily learn from them. With the new starter apps, the FileMaker team focused on making them both easily adaptable to most companies\u2019 needs, but also as a learning tool that gives new users an accessible way to see how the team structured the databases that power those apps, among other things.<\/p>\n

Also new in this version is a redesigned layout mode that now makes the overall layout tools more discoverable. And for users who want to create a master-detail layout<\/a> like in the example below (with the navigation \u2018master\u2019 items in a menu on the left and the details in a large pane on the right), FileMaker now offers the tools to do that, too. Until now, that wasn\u2019t really possible because of the way the software handled some of the database queries necessary to build this kind of structure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: FileMaker 17 launches with a renewed focus on the basics | TechCrunch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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