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Using proven technologies and industry best practices to develop robust, responsive web applications that integrate with a wide range of data sources, web services, APIs and backend technologies. 

There is not always an app for that. Despite the existence of millions of apps, there is still plenty of room for innovation and improvement. A custom app can put your product or service in the hands of new customers. 

Mobile development is not just for apps. A majority of your clients are likely interacting with your website and applications using their mobile devices. Responsive design, small screen-friendly functionality, and speed over cellular networks should be a part of the strategy when developing or designing any digital product.

Software product development combines software engineering principles with agile methodologies to enable iterative development, frequent testing, and continuous deployment. The process involves several key phases, including requirement analysis, system design, implementation, and maintenance. Essential tools used in the process include version control systems, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.

Imagine a world where you log in to a single application that handles all your business needs. Integrating the disparate applications you use into a single functional application using pre-built or custom APIs can lead to this single app world. The bidirectional movement of data can happen seamlessly in the background of your application saving you time and money.

Software ages quickly. Rethinking your system may be daunting, but procrastinating can be costly. Leverage your existing solution with innovations, including a new definition of how you work today.

Mapped out over months (or years) in phases, priorities can line up with budget. We approach redesigns incrementally: improvement with integrity, and future flexibility, comes step-by-step.

Upgrading to the latest FileMaker version provides advanced capabilities such as improved scripting tools, robust cloud integration, and enhanced multi-device support. It includes better encryption standards, native JSON and RESTful API support, and compatibility with the newest OS platforms. The upgrade boosts database performance, introduces AI and machine learning enhancements for automation, and ensures compliance with modern security protocols. If you upgrade from version 12 or higher, your FileMaker database/app is compatible with the latest version. As with any software update, issues that need to be addressed could arise.

As your business grows, so too does your FileMaker application and user base. Global teams and remote work require business applications to be optimized for these evolving patterns of demand. 

Properly architected systems are more reliable, scalable, and easier to automate. The relationships between various components within the system should be defined in advance to provide optimal performance and security.

We bring you modern UX, design patterns and best practices because good design is always a goal, from how software looks to how it works for users.

Beezwax regularly offers FileMaker training -- for users and developers -- tailored to your organization and your skill set.

Integrated. Automated. Orchestrated. Awesome.

Stitch apps and services together in new ways that orchestrate automated workflows, control flexible approval chains, securely integrate data sources, and connect both on-premise and cloud solutions.

With JavaScript and FileMaker, you can create layout components and widgets that can be viewed in the Web Viewer, visualize data using AJAX, and integrate RESTful Web services.

Looking for the Latest? InspectorPro 8 Has Arrived: Upgrade Your Workflow Now!

Better collaboration, performance, and insight for your FileMaker teams.

Using InspectorPro, FileMaker developers can analyze their solutions to gain insight into performance. It can detect problems and warnings, identify references and dependencies for any element, compare differences between solutions, and review security privileges. InspectorPro allows you to share development progress with your team. This can help you to stay organized and to work more efficiently.

Use InspectorPro to analyze your FileMaker solutions:

• Detect problems and warnings
• Identify references and dependencies
• Compare differences between solutions
• Process DDR on Server (PDoS)
• Share development progress with your team
• And so much more...

Video Resources:

• Registering InspectorPro
• Generating XML DDR
• Importing a DDR
• Adding Accounts
• Navigation
• Search with LOgiCATOR
• Comparisons
• References
• Manual References
• Problem Reports
• Global Search
• Dependencies
• Notes
• Tags
• Slack integration
• Targets
• Styles
• Security Perspective
• Table Distance
• Script Monitor
• Extra Information

InspectorPro Consultation:

InspectorPro builds better collaboration, performance and insight for FileMaker teams. We can help you learn from InspectorPro’s insights to see how best to make improvements.

A consultation will help you maximize InspectorPro's capabilities and make the most of its reports. Learn More

 

Between the time we write this to the time you read it, technology has changed. Technology is constantly evolving, and yesterday's advanced skills might be today's basic skills. Staying on top of the changes can be difficult, so working with trainers is a great way to keep up with the pace of advances.

Better insight, performance and collaboration for FileMaker teams.

Using InspectorPro, FileMaker developers can analyze their solutions to gain insight into performance. It can detect problems and warnings, identify references and dependencies for any element, compare differences between solutions, and review security privileges. InspectorPro allows you to share development progress with your team. This can help you to stay organized and to work more efficiently.

Use InspectorPro to analyze your FileMaker solutions:

• Investigate and catalog problems in your solutions. 
• Build a checklist of development fixes.
• View references and dependencies, analyzing their impact on your solution.
• Keep track of changes, when they were made and by whom.
• Share this info via FileMaker Server, Slack, etc, while collaborating with a larger team.

The Power of FileMaker XML 

Now that FileMaker provides Save a Copy as XML, InspectorPro can collect, analyze and report on a more complete set of metadata. This enables InspectorPro to better collect, analyze and report on the architecture and code in your FileMaker solutions.

InspectorPro Consultation

InspectorPro builds better collaboration, performance and insight for FileMaker teams. We can help you learn from InspectorPro’s insights to see how best to make improvements.

A consultation will help you maximize InspectorPro's capabilities and make the most of its reports. Learn More

Video User Guide & Introduction

Chief Innovation Officer at Beezwax, Vince Mennano, walks you through this in-depth tutorial on using Inspector Pro 8! In this video, you will learn the essential steps to start with Inspector Pro 8, from setting up your account to leveraging powerful features for analyzing and managing your FileMaker 2024 solutions.

LOgiCATOR is:

• the modern, powerful yet intuitive search UI your FileMaker apps need 
• fully modular and easy to integrate highly customizable 
• a pioneering example of a new way to add lightweight, modular functionality to FileMaker solutions 
• a great tool for learning how to use FileMaker card windows and JSON functions 
• totally free!

bzBond takes Claris FileMaker web integrations to the next level, providing tools to support you on your web technology journey.

From dynamic and responsive user experiences to ultra-focused server-side microservices, bzBond blends web and FileMaker best practices to help you create, deploy, and enhance reliable web-powered solutions.

End-to-end web integration tools:

• bzBond-js - JavaScript API for getting FileMaker/Claris Pro script results to web viewers using JavaScript promises
• bzBond-claris - FileMaker/Claris Pro assets for managing bzBond-js interactions and storing, deploying and testing web code
• bzBond-server - extensible server-based microservice that enables JavaScript in the FileMaker/Claris Server script engine

Also includes:

• create-bzbond-app - create new bzBond-integrations with a single command
• bzBondRelay - run JavaScript code right from FileMaker/Claris Pro scripts on client or server
• bzBond-web-template - the core of bzBond web integrations, including bzBond-js and build tools for seamless deployment in solutions

Learn about how to install and use bBox on our Wiki. 

Additional Resources 

• Download
• Documentation wiki
• Function List
• bzPython - Python with FileMaker
• pandas with Python for FileMaker data analysis
• XML parsing with FileMaker and bBox
• curl HTTP post from FileMaker
• Installing xhtml2pdf on OS X
• JavaScript for FileMaker with bBox
• bBox 1.04 with updates for FM DAPI, XPath, SQLite 
• bBox v0.99 with JavaScript, Python 3 and M1 Apple silicon support 
• bBox for FileMaker v0.98 with M1, GraphicsMagick & Sips

bzAuditLog is a comprehensive auditing solution that allows you to easily track changes made to your data. With just two tables, one field, and one script, you can log all modifications made to your database, as well as schema changes.

With bzAuditLog, you can have peace of mind knowing that all data modifications are being tracked, giving you a clear picture of who is making changes to your database and when.

Transport Management for Schools and School Districts has never been easier. 

This module provides functionality that we can deliver to you, as part of a custom development project. Please download a demo, or indicate your interest by clicking the "heart" above.

The bzPubber Module

bzPubber generates and organizes content in ePub standard format.

ePub is a standard format for digital books and online publications. It’s supported natively by Windows and Android and it’s one of the official formats for the Apple Books store.

If your content exists in other web applications, such as a CMS or blog or documentation repo, you can export this content into digital publications on-demand, and update or customize the output in an industry-standard format.

Use cases for bzPubber include:

• Publishing
• Technical Writing
• Documentation
• Product Marketing
• Screenwriting
• Content Management

bzPubber

• Generate - output ePub content organized with Title, Author, URLs, Chapters, Cover, Intro, ToC and more
• Format - in addition to text content, bzPubber helps manage CSS, images, vectors and other HTML elements in your digital publications
• Organize - update existing content, or manage reformatting of chapters or other sections

And more…

Digital Rights Management - DRM support is part of ePub standards and can be implemented in a custom development project.

Built with Ruby

bzPubber is based on ePubber, an open source Ruby gem created by our Senior Web Developer, Federico Ramirez. It’s another important developer tool in our toolbox.

With bzPubber, we can generate ePub files with Ruby, and painlessly integrate this functionality into a web application.