Sams Teach Yourself Core Data in 24 Hours

Submitted by Jesse on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:22

Jesse Feiler's latest book, Sams Teach Yourself Core Data for Mac and iOS in 24 Hours is now available from Amazon and other bookstores.

Jesse Feiler is a leading expert on Apple database development. Feiler has worked with databases since the 1980s, writing about technologies that have since evolved into Core Data. His database clients have included Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Young & Rubicam, and many small businesses and non-profit organizations. His recent books include Data-Driven iOS Apps for iPad and iPhone with FileMaker Pro, Bento by FileMaker and FileMaker Go, FileMaker Pro in Depth.  iWork for Dummies  and Sams Teach Yourself Objective-C in 24 Hours are scheduled for publication in the spring of 2012.

When people ask me what I work on these days, I tell them the intersection of mobile computing and structured data.  Structured data (mostly databases but including some other technologies) turns out to be critical not just for oranizing data but also for implementing key mobile technologies such as synchronizing data across devices. The structuring of data means that instead of synchronizing entire documents, the discrete elements of documents can be synchronized in a remarkably efficient manner. And, as an added bonus, the data is well-organized. 

Core Data is a key framework of both Mac OS X and iOS. It has evolved from Enterprise Objects Framework (EOF) that was part of WebObjects. In a nutshell, what Core Data does is to integrate relational databases with the world of object-oriented programming. It is not a database itself: it can work with the built-in SQLite database in Mac OS X or iOS, but it can also work with your own data store.

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Data-Driven iOS Apps for iPad and iPhone with FileMaker Pro, Bento by FileMaker, and FileMaker Go

Submitted by Jesse on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 19:22

Jesse's latest book is on its way to your local bookstore or online book dealer. You can order it now from Amazon.

 

Use FileMaker® technologies to create powerful mobile data apps for iPhone®, iPod® touch, and iPad™

 

Apple’s FileMaker technologies make it easy to create powerful, data-driven apps for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and any mobile device’s web browser. In this book, leading FileMaker and iOS expert Jesse Feiler teaches you all the skills and techniques you’ll need, whether you’re a developer, knowledge worker, or manager.

 

Feiler thoroughly reviews each strategy for delivering mobile data using FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, FileMaker Go, and Bento. You’ll learn how mobile data-driven apps are different from traditional desktop-driven apps, and how to create highly usable interfaces for them. Step by step, Feiler demonstrates how to extend existing databases to mobile devices and the web, and how to create and optimize brand-new databases for iPad and iPhone.

 

This book brings together core principles, practical development techniques, and proven tips and shortcuts. You’ll discover the best ways to incorporate printing, touch interface elements, and location-based features into your apps; integrate data from multiple FileMaker and non-FileMaker sources; and much more.

 

  •    •        Use FileMaker Go apps to access FileMaker databases hosted on FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro, or databases resident on a mobile device
  •    •        Move FileMaker Pro databases, scripts, and layouts to mobile environments
  •    •        Develop easy-to-use interfaces for mobile data apps
  •    •        Design FileMaker Go solutions for iPhone, iPad, or both
  •    •        Optimize FileMaker databases for FileMaker Go
  •    •        Integrate printing and charting features into your mobile database apps
  •    •        Use Bento to share data and synchronize libraries
  •    •        Work effectively with Bento records, fields, forms, and tables
  •    •        Build location-aware database apps for iOS mobile devices
  •    •        Import/export data from Bento, FileMaker, spreadsheets, and other sources
  •    •        Move FileMaker databases to the web with IWP, CWP, and FileMaker Server

 

Jesse Feiler is a developer, web designer, trainer, and author. He has worked with Apple mobile devices from Newton through iPad and has worked with FileMaker technologies since 1984. Feiler created ChamplainArts.com’s powerful iPad meeting management app MinutesMachine. His books include Using FileMaker Bento, Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours, The Bento Book, and FileMaker Pro 10 in Depth.

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BYOD/BYOT -- How Organizations are Coping with Personal Technology

Submitted by Jesse on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 08:13

An article in Computerworld explores the issues surrounding BYOT (bring your own technology), BYOD (bring your own device), and the consumerization of IT -- all different ways of discussing the trend for organizations allowing and even encouraging people to use their own devices and technologies under the corporate IT unbrella.

UPDATE: We'll be talking about this topic on WAMC Roundtable, Tuesday May 22 at 11:30 AM.

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Abstraction of App Development

Submitted by Jesse on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 09:46

Periodically, we redefine roles and their descriptions in the world of software development. In my first job, we were all programmers except for Dennis who sat in a private office at the end of the hall and, unfailingly, wore a suit and tie. His title was Systems Analyst.

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WAMC Roundtable April 24, 2012: Storage strategies and numbers

Submitted by Jesse on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 17:38

Remember when we were all warned to back up important files to a floppy disk? Now that computers are shipping with giga- and terabytes of storage, we have to think of other ways. We'll be talking about strategies of protecting your data such as using RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). RAID storage is now available for under $500, and for some people might be the way to go.

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Welcome to Champlain Arts

Submitted by Jesse on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 15:53

Champlain Arts is the new name for North Country Consulting.  Don't worry: you don't have to change bookmarks or email addresses because everything redirects and should get you and your messages to where you want to be (which is here). The name change reflects the broader range of activities that are going on. We've morphed from a development company that focused on object-oriented programming for Macintosh computers to a generalized consulting business and now to working on a variety of new technologies including iOS apps, Drupal website development, books and training on new technologies and our old standbys--Mac OS X and FileMaker on all of their platforms and devices.

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Keeping Up to Date with Us

Submitted by Jesse on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 15:29

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