Meetings
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Meetings are usually held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10:00am. Meetings are held at the CCSU Campus in New Britain, Connecticut.
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Next meeting
July 28th, 2010 10:00AM to 12:30PM
Our next meeting will be held next Wednesday, July 28, 2010 from 10:00 am until 12:30 PM at CCSU in New Britain.
Meeting Topics:
Industry Update: We’ll have an open discussion of news that people are hearing around the industry. This discussion will be lead by Matt O'Dell and Peter Leap from FileMaker. They will demo the newly released FileMaker Go.
The second part of our meeting will be a DevCon sneak peak with Don Levan of Vanguard Custom Software about User Interface design.
The Fundamentals of Exceptional Interface Design Successful user interfaces are those that are easy to learn and efficient to use. Meeting these goals requires that you understand the people who will use your software. This presentation will provide current information about interface and interaction design best practices, our shared human psychology and abilities, and the ways to leverage FileMaker tools to create exceptional user experiences.
Don Levan, Psy.D., president of Vanguard Custom Software, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, FileMaker 7, 8, 9, and 10 Certified Developer, and former photo journalist. He has been using FileMaker since the early 1990s and developing FileMaker applications professionally since 2002. He founded Vanguard Custom Software after creating a series of practice management systems for the mental health and medical clinics where he was treating as a psychologist. Vanguard's mission is to "create simple applications that solve complex problems." They incorporate software development best practices, interaction design, and cognitive psychology to create data-driven applications and websites that are efficient for business and easy for people.
Meetings are open to all. We look forward to seeing you there!
Past Meetings
June 23rd, 2010 10:00AM to 12:30PM
Our next meeting will be held next Wednesday, June 23, 2010 from 10:00 am until 12:30 PM at CCSU in New Britain.
Meeting Topics:
Industry Update: We’ll have an open discussion of news that people are hearing around the industry.
Handy FileMaker Development Tools: Tim Neudecker will preview his DevCon presentation about handy FileMaker tools and utilities. This topic has always been very popular among developers and promises to give you some great ideas about tools to help you be more productive. Don’t miss it!
Meetings are open to all. We look forward to seeing you there!
May 26th, 2010 10:00AM to 12:30PM
Meeting Topics:
Industry Update: We’ll have an open discussion of news that people are hearing around the industry.
Cool Tricks and Ideas: Bring along your ideas and solutions that you have worked on recently. This meeting will give you a chance to show other members some of the approaches that you find most useful. These can be FileMaker 11 features or anything else FileMaker that you’d like to showcase. Tips and tricks welcome!
March 17th, 2010 10:00AM to 12:30PM
Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 10:00 am until 12:30 PM at CCSU in New Britain.
Industry Update: We’ll have an open discussion of news that people are hearing around the industry.
FileMaker 11 Review: Last week FileMaker released FileMaker 11 with a healthy list of exciting new features. As we have done in the past, members will present one or more of the new FileMaker 11 features to the group. This is a great way to become familiar with FileMaker 11.
• FileMaker Charts
• Quick Reports
• Enhanced Layout/Report Assistant
• Snapshot Link
• Recurring Import
• New Triggers
• Quick Find
• Inspector
• New Object Badges
• Text Highlighting
• Enhanced Security Features
• Portal Filtering
• Layout Folders
• Scripting Enhancements for Buttons and Triggers
• Variables in Finds and Merge Fields
• Server 11 Enhancements
Meetings are open to all. We look forward to seeing you there!
February 24th 2010 10:00AM to 12:30PM
Industry Update: We’ll have an open discussion of news that people are hearing around the industry.
FileMaker Show and Tell: Members are invited to bring a solution they have developed and show it to the group. This is a great opportunity to show off your work and see what your peers are up to.
John's Demo file about BiDirectional Linking using script triggers media:BiDirection.fp7 (Right click the link and select "save as...")
Oliver's demo files are here media:OliversDemo20100224.zip (Right click the link and select "save as...")
January 27th 2010 10:00AM to 12:30PM
Industry Update: We’ll have an open discussion of news that people are hearing around the industry.
FileMaker 10 Security: Tim will lead a discussion about the correct way to configure FileMaker security and privileges. There are a few important changes that were introduced in FileMaker 10 and this should be a good opportunity for you to catch up on the latest best practices.
