E001 - Technical Debt

2015-04-30

In our first episode of FileMaker Fanatics, Scott Rose, Aaron Schacht, and Tony White do introductions, crack some jokes, and cover the very serious topic of “Technical Debt”.


Show Notes and Timestamp Links

0:00:01

Introductions

0:05:07

FileMaker: a rapid application development, that is fun to work with...

0:06:10

Plans for the Podcast

0:07:17

Podcast Rules...we might pretend not to know the FileMaker topic...just for you dear listener!

0:09:17

Tackling the Topic of Technical Debt

0:14:07

Discussing Technical Debt with clients and finding the right balance

0:17:41

FileMaker...easy to get started...harder to master.

0:20:17

The best time to bring in a FileMaker consultant...

0:21:22

2 kinds of projects...clean code rules!

0:24:34

Commenting your code

0:26:30

Technical Debt is not all bad...you might be innocent :-)

0:28:02

Sometimes Technical Debt is just the result of the platform moving forward

0:29:01

"FileMaker 14 Code Objects as ERD" infographic announcement

0:29:26

Custom Themes and Styles...boost productivity

0:31:49

More on what FileMaker give you...

0:32:46

FileMaker plays nice with others, fills gaps, and gives you speed

0:33:32

A FileMaker success story

0:37:18

Sharing data amongst your team

0:38:00

Triple Threat: deploy to desktop, mobile and web from a single development environment!

0:39:28

Becoming a FileMaker developer

0:40:35

Technical Debt as a result of prototyping for the purpose of a conversation

0:41:26

Yes, you can overdo the paying down of Technical Debt

0:44:16

Naming Conventions...

0:46:09

Possible future podcast topic. Send us an email if you want us to cover this

0:46:31

The dynamics of moving from home-grown FileMaker development to working with a developer

0:49:59

Coding, documenting and training all at once

0:51:18

Working with 'in-house' talent

0:52:27

Videos as documentation...

0:55:01

Having a point person to work with is crucial to the success of a project

0:57:39

Wrapping up the first Podcast

0:58:31

Thanks to our listener(s)



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