Web applications
Beyond low cost, the strength of web applications often lies in how they integrate with applications that absolutely need cloud computing power, such as the power the big web companies offer.
Even so, these applications adapt poorly to our workflow. That is a very hard thing to judge at the moment you pick the technology.
That is where FileMaker gets stronger. FileMaker is built for power users and not for developers, so several sections can be built directly by you (reports, charts, complex searches, and so on).
Why use FileMaker?
One of FileMaker’s greatest strengths is its search engine. Running complex custom searches on multiple criteria is easy, and a user can do it directly with no extra development, which makes it simpler to compile and group the data needed to produce reports or to extract specific data.
Do you need the services of a FileMaker expert?
The difficulty of using FileMaker on your own is often tied to wanting to communicate with other applications or systems. This is where turning to FileMaker development experts, such as GTI, matters.
That holds whether the goal is to communicate with the API of several sites, such as those produced by Google and Facebook, or to do BI (business intelligence) on data coming from a complex system such as Oracle.
The brand-new version of FileMaker (16) also offers easier support (which lowers implementation costs) for the JSON format used by most APIs.
In that context, a company that wants to improve its work methods, or to use tools available through the cloud, could do so without having to change those work methods. GTI has built several bridges in the past between accounting systems, tools such as Google Map and other database systems.
See all of GTI’s work here.
Article written by Laurent Grondin-Hétu, programmer.