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.