We are holding this meeting online only again this time. We have switched from Google Meet to Zoom. We hope this will provide a better experience for all. You'll find the new links below.
We have a new "Ask the experts" section. This for anyone with a development issue they'd like some help with. Developers attending - please pitch in if you think you have the answer or it's an issue you've come across before. It would help if you could send us your questions in advance here.
Date and time
Monday 1st November 2021
6:30-9.00 pm UK time
7:30-10:00 pm CEST
(Restaurant/Virtual bar after)
Location
Online and in Brighton & Hove
Times are London, UK time - add one hour for CEST
This is the provisional agenda and is subject to change.
18:30 Welcome / Introduction
Jul Carson
18:35 What's New - An overview of FileMaker news
Gary Palmer
18:45 UX Matters Part II
Damon Casey
19:30 How to use Node Red to monitor a FileMaker Server
Ian Jempson
20:15 Ask the experts - Give us your questions! Mediated by Jul Carson/Gary Palmer
21:00 Virtual Bar Opens
21:05 Open discussion, answers to any Q&A items not finished
Further talk into the night. Beer or wine (almost) obligatory!
Brighton local group re-locate to restaurant
Our meetings are attended by an assortment of very talented developers. This time, we're offering you the chance ask this group for help. Send your question to the admins using the link below and we'll put them to the group in the meeting, time permitting.
Topics
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Calendar
Instructions for online attendance - Zoom.
Join the event any time from 18.20 UK time onwards.
Ensure you have set a name - you won't be admitted without one. Once you are accepted into the meeting, please mute the mic on your feed. You can access this by mousing down over the bottom of the window. Video on is fine.
Core discussion is reserved for Event Locations (Brighton and London) and for speakers at the event.
Please use the chat and only speak when invited or appropriate. We also ask that you only unmute your mike when speaking and mute again afterwards.
You can change the layout by clicking on the three dots on the right. If you want full screen select Change layout and Use Spotlight option.
Note: Our meetings are recorded and available on our YouTube Channel after. Please let us know if there is something you don't want made public, or save the comment until the Virtual Bar. Similarly the Chat.
Covid-19
Events are now running live from Brighton and online… (but sadly not this time)
Funding & Subscriptions
These meetings are FREE for everyone now and going forward beyond the covid-19 restrictions, thanks to the generosity of ForbiddenPlanet.com and solisdigital.com.
About
An informal gathering of developers and users of all levels where we all learn something. Discover new techniques, solve a problem or just chat about matters FileMaker with like minded people!
Meetings are usually held on the first Monday of every odd month In the current conditions, they are online only, but when some semblance of normality returns, they'll be hosted at The Dock Hub, Brighton and Hove. They will also be broadcast live via the offices of Forbidden Planet in London, where you are also welcome to attend with plans to extend to further locations with the assistance of Solis Digital.
If you came to the last meeting, please give us some feedback - we want to know what people think of the meetings so we can tailor them to your needs. Let us know how the presenters did, whether the topics were interesting or relevant etc.
If you're interested in dotFMP, there's more info here. Other groups are here.
If you enjoy our meetings, please share on social media with the hashtag #FMBug
Keep up with Claris at Claris Engage Beyond 2021
FM18 certification ended in May. We're now onto Developer Essentials.
If you need to bone up, what better way than this excellent Resource, offered free to the community by Developer Essentials certified developer Penny Ruddell?
Other meetings
Other Groups
dotFMP is holding regular quarterly meetings. More info below.
Egbert has created a great new subscribable calendar resource with a vast selection of FileMaker related events worldwide.
Recordings
Meeting 60 ( September 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets and in person in Brighton and Hove. After a persistently unwelcome rogue attendee, the meeting was re-started. Both sessions were recorded and combined into a single video.
Meeting 59 ( July 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 58 ( May 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 57 ( March 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 56 ( January 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 55 ( November 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 54 ( September 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 53 (July 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 52 (May 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.
Meeting 51 (Mar 2020) was available as a live event online using Google Meets. This session was not recorded.
These recordings are available on our YouTube site soon after the meeting.
Let me have recordings and free samples!
This area is currently restriced to attendees of previous meetings. Use the password you have been given or ask me for it.
Please send me any files you want to share with the group.
What an incredible event! So much talent, so many new ideas, so freely given, all organised with great dedication and generosity by Egbert Friedrich .fmp.berlin
The Covid-19 situation meant it was an online only event again this year, but it was still better than ever!
There are regular quarterly meetups, held on the first Thursday of every third month (usually). You can subscribe to the calendar here