Effective Solution Settings

[FileMaker Magazine]

Every solution starts out like an infant. It knows very little and works hard to manage your solution's data as it becomes a productive citizen of your digital society. As it grows, your solution will need to offer a variety of options. User A prefers things one way, while User B another.

Your job, as the developer, is to accommodate those whims and preferences, or settings as we’ll call them, in the most efficient way possible. As is somewhat typical, you may be halfway through development when you stop and ask yourself if there's a better way to manage the growing list of settings.

In this video, I showcase an effective method for managing solution settings. By combining popular FileMaker techniques, we can consolidate, present, and manage settings in a highly streamlined way. Whether your solution is decades old or a brand new build, there is always something new to learn about handling data. We will look at how to combine JSON with solution settings and how easy it can be to simplify the process.

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