FileMaker Training Series: Basics

Learn how to quickly create your own custom apps for managing contacts, assets, content, invoices, and more with the FileMaker Platform. Get FileMaker Training Series: Basics — a downloadable ebook.


This series shows you how to build an app from start to finish that works seamlessly across iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac, and the web — without extensive development experience needed.


FileMaker Training Series: Basics includes:


- An overview of the FileMaker Platform

- A tour of the built-in tools and templates to help you get started

- Step-by-step instructions for building your first app

- A set of activity files to guide you through the exercises


Get started building your custom FileMaker app today!


Table of Contents:


Lesson 1: FileMaker Platform Overview

Lesson 2: Using Starter Solutions

Lesson 3: Viewing and Working with Data

Lesson 4: Finding and Sorting Records

Lesson 5: User-Centered Design

Lesson 6: Importing Data

Lesson 7: Creating Fields and Tables

Lesson 8: Relationships

Lesson 9: Layouts

Lesson 10: Layout Design Tools

Lesson 11: Special Layout Objects

Lesson 12: Formatting Field Objects

Lesson 13: User Interface Best Practices

Lesson 14: Calculations

Lesson 15: Scripting

Lesson 16: Reporting

Lesson 17: Integration

Lesson 18: Security

Lesson 19: Deployment


Available for separate purchase on the iBooks Store is FileMaker Training Series: Advanced. This series is geared for intermediate to advanced FileMaker developers, but anyone who creates custom apps using the FileMaker Platform can benefit from it. It also serves as a key resource for becoming a FileMaker Certified Developer.