Monthly Archive for January, 2012

Matt O’Dell on HTML5: Example Files

Published on January 26, 2012. 2 Comments

Matt O’Dell of FileMaker Inc. presented this past Tuesday at the Philly FileMaker User Group, providing an overview of HTML5 and possible applications in FileMaker Go.

We’re happy to share that Matt has graciously provided his complete demo files and presentation slide deck for download!

Included are some pretty slick iPad geolocation demos, graphical seat assignment, canvas drawing and charting, web chat, and more!  All in all fun stuff.

Thanks Matt!

Edit 1/30/2012:

While this was probably clearer during the presentation, some of the code in Matt’s DevCon 2011 offering should be credited to Todd Geist of Geist Interactive who shared his expertise with Matt for this portion of demo.  Todd has coincidentally released – today – a packaged tool for performing canvas drawing in FileMaker Go, so if any of this has whetted your appetite for this kind of thing, you’re in luck.

It’s called GoDraw.  It looks pretty slick, the lite version is free, and the full version offers editing saved drawings, Save as PDF and more.

 
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FM Academy Webinar January 18th – Our own Jerry Salem!

Published on January 11, 2012. 0 Comments

For those of you who don’t know, Philly FileMaker’s sponsor, IT Solutions Consulting, has partnered with 360Works, MightyData, Anvil Dataworks, Fiddlehead Software, Skeleton Key and Kyo Logic on a new initiative called FM Academy, which has been producing free webinars whose purpose is to further educate FileMaker users and developers to encourage best practices, and to foster further adoption of the software.

Why post it here?  Well, PFUG regulars will be very familiar with our own Jerry Salem, who will be hosting a webinar January 18th at 2 PM EST, called Playing Nicely with Others – FileMaker and Content Management Systems.

There’s still time to register!  Go here for details:

http://www.filemakeracademy.com/?page_id=49

 
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Please Join us January 24th – Matt O’Dell – HTML5: An Overview

Published on January 11, 2012. 2 Comments

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker Developer Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, January 24th, 2012 at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the IT Solutions Fort Washington Office.

414 Commerce Dr., Suite 150, Fort Washington, PA 19034
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Please RSVP here if you are planning to attend this meeting:
http://www.fmpug.com/rsvp.php?eventID=1267

Matt O’Dell – HTML 5: An Overview

In recent history HTML5 has become a familiar buzzword in technology news. Besides being the next generation of the backbone coding language of the web, what is HTML5?

This session will cover the beginnings of HTML5 and the problems it is trying to solve. It will show popular examples as well as some simple frameworks to get started easily.

Lastly it will show ways to enhance your FileMaker Pro and Go solutions using Custom Web Publishing and Web Viewers to develop engaging user interfaces.

About the Presenter

Matt O’Dell is a Systems Engineer with FileMaker in the Northeast. He has 10+ years experience using FileMaker and building web solutions. Along with being a certified FileMaker Developer, he also is an authorized FTS trainer and a certified MySQL 5.0 developer. Prior to working for FileMaker, Matt was an application developer, trainer, and tech support professional with Soliant Consulting in Chicago.

About the Philadelphia FileMaker User Group

The Philadelphia FileMaker User Group was founded in 2004 as an initiative by FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum member IT Solutions Consulting. The group’s goal is to provide an open forum for FileMaker developers and those interested in FileMaker to meet, brainstorm and network.

We hold meetings the 4th Tuesday of every month at 6PM, in the office of IT Solutions Consulting, Inc., at 414 Commerce Drive, Suite 150, Fort Washington PA.
Meetings are open to all, regardless of background and there’s no charge to attend.

Please subscribe to our Mailing List to get announcements on upcoming meetings. The list is set to Announce only, so the volume is typically between one and 2 emails a month.

http://fmpug.com/mailman/listinfo/philly_fmpug.com/

You can read our blog to get updates and meeting recaps:

http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/

Twitter here:

http://twitter.com/phillyfilemaker

We’re also an FMPug Chapter: http://www.fmpug.com/ Consider membership today, especially if you purchase training, plugins, 3rd party products, or web/filemaker hosting – FMPug membership affords considerable discounts across a range of offerings.

Finally, The Philadelphia FileMaker User Group is hosted by:

IT Solutions Consulting, Inc.

Employee ownership – fueling our innovation, strengthening your business.
http://www.itsolutions-inc.com/

IT Solutions is proud to be a member of FM Academy, a consortium of leading FileMaker development companies in the United States whose purpose is to further educate FileMaker users and developers to encourage best practices and foster further adoption of the software through online webinars. Learn more here:
http://www.filemakeracademy.com/

 
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