FileMaker & Me Book Reviews

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Recommended. Thanks for writing this book! It is a great read full of solid ideas and some great design nuggets. May your journey continue for many more years so we will have a Vol. 2

Too simplistic. While this book is awesome for beginners setting out to understand the very basics of Filemaker, if you already have some experience, this book is not for you. Sadly, the preview shows nothing, but I took a chance, that I now regret. Worse, one of the reviews states this book is awesome for the most experienced. Clearly that review was written by a colleague of theirs and is NOT accurate.

Recommended Reading. As a newbie to developing with FileMaker, this gives you tremendous insight into the mind set of developing successful solutions. Mr. Rocharde's writing style is funny, entertaining, informative. The multimedia parts of this e-book really helps to drive home the illustrations, and aid in understanding a somewhat dry topic of programming and best practices

Great read. A thought provoking book, with great illustrations on the subject of database design. Also, great to get a close look at Michael's story and how he arrived at convulsions - which is more informative than just the conclusions alone.

Excellent Read!. All around excellent reference for any new or seasoned FileMaker developer. This books covers several "best practices" and common challenges just about every FileMaker developer comes across and shows you how to overcome them in details and illustrations. I would highly recommend to anyone who develops in FileMaker!

Every day reading book.. I would consider this as an ESSENTIAL book for every Filemaker developer, from the beginners to the most experts. Michael Rocharde shows how to "think" Filemaker. The finesse of his approach is rarely seen. The book strcture and resources used are outstanding. And more: need help? Contact Mr. Rocharde. You'll get a kind, fast and solving answer. Twenty years ago I built my clinic system based on another database. Today, I'm developing an "upgrade" with Filemaker and, trust me, it's infinitely practical, powerful and, mandatorily, beautiful. And this book exposes nicely how it could be so that the users (I'm included) will WANT to use the solution. Highly recommended.

Outstanding. Michael Rocharde's singular accomplishment is that he has managed to write a book about programming which is, simultaneously, both informative and entertaining. The book is a very useful, hands-on guide, to resolving a number of common programming challenges in FileMaker. And, the author advocates for, and effectively illustrates, many FileMaker Pro "Best Practices." The layout and presentation of the book (iPad iBook) successfully exploits many of the audio/visual options available in the e-book format. I highly recommend it.

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Great Book. I am just starting out with Filemaker. I had a go in the old days of Claris but never really got into it. I decided to learn how to use it as my retirement project. I had already produced my first solution with cranky scripts and a rather clunky interface and then I found this book. Revelation, wow you can make your stuff look that good. I read the book through a couple of times and then started to redesign my efforts. Beautiful, layouts shown in the book, loads of tips, bits of code and everything presented in such a nice way, the animations make things easy to understand. The thing that comes over so strongly is that this is a place where form is at least as important as function. As the format improves so does the desire to make everything better, you start thinking about how you can make this or that work better so for your user it just works. A great book not about " this is how you make a table relationship" more about making things that people want to and enjoy using. I look forward to Michael's next book, I know it will help me gain the knowledge that would normally take years to accumulate. The most useful Filemaker book I have seen.

FileMaker & Me. Michael has provided the community with a very nice utility that provides detailed process steps to enable a wide range of interesting functionality within FileMaker. I particularly liked invisible tab controls in layouts and virtual lists (thanks here to Bruce Robertson for he initial concept). The features that appealed in particular were firstly - Michael's relaxed and assured narrative style and secondly - the videos and other interactive materials. Well worth the purchase - thanks Michael.

Excellent book!. Lots of very good tips and advice. Easy to read and it works well as a proper eBook. This is not about FileMaker features its all about database interface design using FileMaker.

Excellent Book. I have read other FileMaker books but this one is quite different in that it primarily concerns interface design. However it also includes numerous technical hints and tips that I haven’t seen anywhere else but I would class as essential for someone new to FileMaker wishing to create and improve their solutions. The writing style is relaxed, informative and entertaining. The step by step analysis and redesign of one interface is interesting to see and well broken down. It has helped me re-evaluate my own designs and try to improve them. It is ideal for beginners to have a look at interface design and give them a few ideas and things to consider when they design their own database. However some technical aspects assume that you are familiar with FileMaker already, so you may need to read up or play around a little. I would highly recommend this book and I’m looking forward to the follow up, FileMaker & You.

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