Tuesday, September 28th 2021

Architecting for Transactions in FileMaker

Chris Irvine

Threeprong LLC

OREGON CITY, OR

In July, Chris Irvine presented a broad introduction to several software architecture concepts to the Cincinnati and Indianapolis user groups. In this month's presentation, Chris will re-introduce the idea of a three-tier solution and then go deeper into practical use by stepping through some interactive demos. The idea of atomic transactions, with 'committing' or 'reverting' records, can be an important and useful platform feature to tame. It can help software to behave as users expect, and also maintain quality data in your records. One demo area will be a user-interactive transaction, and another will be in a UI-free approach.

Developers ranging from intermediate all the way up to expert will likely be able to take away some practical ideas that could be put to use inside their own solutions. This virtual meeting was very interactive with lots of questions and discussions.

While watching the July presentation is not a prerequisite, a recording is available on YouTube for those who are interested https://youtu.be/XMod98BkH50. Additional related background material includes a blog series, https://scalefm.com/2016/06/is-filemaker-acid-compliant-part1/

Chris Irvine is a Senior Technology Consultant and founder at Threeprong.com LLC, specializing in performance tuning, B2B integration, and custom workgroup solutions. His educational background is in Computer Science, with professional experience including management roles in multiple industries, numerous development and database environments, and over 15 years of experience with Claris FileMaker products and related technologies.

Additional material related to this presentation, including sample file and presentation slides, is available at
https://scalefm.com/2021/09/atomic-meet-tiers-at-kentuckiana-dev-group