Just as it is wise to design a house before building one, it's also prudent to plan your business database before putting it on your website. Databases can appear deceptively simple and cause you to ...

The first thing in building any E-commerce app is creating the underlying database to support it. As much as possible, you should try to build your application code and business logic into your ...

The end goal of database design is to be able to transform a logical data model into an actual physical database. A logical data model is required before you can even begin to design a physical ...

FileMaker Pro 16 makes it easy to build simple database-driven apps for desktop, web, and iOS, but scalability is limited Not so many years ago, departments tended to run FileMaker database ...

One of FileMaker Pro’s strengths is that it allows for organic design: It’s easy to modify FileMaker Pro databases, and they tend to grow and change over time as their users’ needs change. On the flip ...

If you have to jointly author a spreadsheet with a colleague, what is the first thing that you do? Email it back and forth. This can be painful, particularly as you try to keep track of your partner’s ...

A while back, I volunteered to design and make a website for the school I am teaching at. It was a great learning experience for me, but I've become increasingly unhappy with what feels like a bit of ...