F 'n' web - FileMaker 'n' the web: lessons learned

http://blog.jsfmp.com

I’ve been developing websites with FileMaker and PHP since 2005 (& with CDML long before that). My first PHP sites were built with FX.php and now I tend to use the FileMaker API for PHP more often. Over time I’ve added more and more tools to my toolkit, especially JavaScript (mainly jQuery) and CSS, and I love keeping up on new trends in web design and development. I've learned some interesting things along the way and wanted to share them.

The blog actually launched two months ago, but so far I've only announced it on twitter and at the CWP User Group meeting at DevCon 2011. I've recently posted my demos from the User Group as requested, and now I'm releasing them all to the world.

I'll continue to tweet about new posts (follow me @jsfmp) or you can subscribe to my rss feed.

Here's what I've got up so far:

Responsive Web Design, and possibilities for data-heavy sites
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/9896553612/

Make your AJAX calls friendlier with the jQuery BlockUI Plugin
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/9614792264/

Creating relationships on the fly in one FileMaker PHP query
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/9558664762/

Quick ’n’ easy UI improvements - Part 2 (Buttons & Drop-downs)
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/9261227813/

Quick ’n’ easy UI improvements - Part 1 (Checkboxes & Radio buttons)
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/9259799287/

Showin’ some TextMate love (a code-completion video)
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/8152325944/

jQuery Date Validation (valid dates that are really valid dates)
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/7888992470/

Edit multiple FileMaker PHP records waaay faster via portal
http://blog.jsfmp.com/post/7642665075/

Or to see just what I presented at the CWP User Group at Devcon:
http://blog.jsfmp.com/tagged/CWP_User_Group

And plenty more to come...

-Joel

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Joel Shapiro
FileMaker Pro
: database design
: web development
http://www.jsfmp.com
415-269-5055
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