FileMaker Pro Design & Scripting For Dummies by Timothy Trimble
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Book Reviews of FileMaker Pro Design & Scripting For Dummies
Book Review: A good book for FileMaker "users" wanting to become "developers"
Summary: 4 Stars
When choosing a book of this type, it's important to realize who the target audience is.
The overwhelming majority of FileMaker Pro users are beginners in database design and development. Most of these people have either read the manual or figured out the basics on their own, and can wield FMP as an office productivity tool just fine. (If you are purchasing this book, and have not read the FMP manuals, I suggest that you do so, they are well written, not painfully long, and quite useful to get started.)
This book is aimed at helping people get to the next step; from office productivity user to fledgling developer, and it serves that purpose very well.
If you want to learn more about design and scripting in FMP, then buy this book. After you've mastered this material, go for some of the more advanced texts out there.
Book Review: Excellent book for beginning Filemaker projects and beyond
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this book to be very informative and helpful. It walks you through the steps to setting up a database with tables and layouts and starting script writing. I liked the humor thrown in. Reading and following the examples helped make alot of sense out of what the book was trying to accomplish, which was setting up the database.Book Review: This title assumes you have FileMaker Pro version 8.
Summary: 4 Stars
Before I bought this book I could not discover what version of FileMaker Pro it covered. (I have version 7.)
So I bought it anyhow and as soon as it arrived I discovered it assumed you were using version 8. Oh well... close enough! :-)
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Book Review: filemaker pro design/scripting for dummies
Summary: 2 Stars
In the aptly titled "foolish assumptions" on page 2, he states "I assume you're fairly comfortable with the basics of FM...". If I knew the basics why would I need a dummies book? This is not my first dummies book, but it may be my last.Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book to learn scripting, but does not have enough on scripting. The FileMaker Pro Bible & the Missing Manual are better.
On second thought, if you are an absolute beginner at scripting, it might be good.
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