Recently we were asked to develop a prototype custom app for IoT devices. (IoT is ‘internet of things’.) The custom app needed to control a set of lamps in the home. In this article I explain how we achieved this and how the same technique could be used to control any IoT device.
On April 26, 2022 Claris held a public webinar that contained some big Claris news. Claris announced a new web application called Claris Studio, a new custom application seeding program called Claris Problem Solvers Circle, a rebrand of FileMaker products and the features of upcoming FileMaker updates. In this article I explain what is in the pipeline.
Claris recently published an interview with Anthony Lambert, our Founder and CEO. In the interview, Anthony describes when he started developing in FileMaker and why he chose FileMaker. He also discusses what he likes most about FileMaker and talks about setting up a company in Chile.
The consequence of errors, or how a missing island appeared on nautical maps and charts for over a century, then in Google Maps and Google Earth.
This article answers the basic questions: why get a custom app? What problems does a custom app solve? What are the benefits? To help answer these questions, I take a typical manufacturing process before and after a custom app is deployed.
