July 2025 DIGFM - Race Against Technical Debt with FileMaker 2025

This is the July 2025 meeting for DIGFM (Developer Innovation Group in FileMaker).

This month is an online/remote meeting. To view the ZOOM link you must RSVP via this Meetup group (and check your email), or view the link for CLARIS COMMUNITY EVENT - DIGFM (see below).
5:00 PM (PST) for social chat and discuss topics of interests.
5:30 PM (PST) for the presentation.

MAIN PRESENTATION - Race Against Technical Debt with FileMaker 2025
• What is technical debt?
• How do I reduce or minimize it?
• How does it affect future development?
• What’s the ROI for addressing technical debt?

FileMaker enables rapid, incremental development. This quality serves as both a blessing and a potential pitfall. In the early stages of a project, the ability to progress swiftly is invaluable. However, as solutions mature and persist over the years, they accumulate technical debt. The need for diligent maintenance and adaptation to evolving business workflows becomes critical. Without addressing this, solutions can accumulate technical debt, becoming cumbersome and less adaptable to new requirements.

Managing code effectively involves continuous evaluation and simplification, ensuring it can rapidly adapt to changing business needs. We'll explore how automation, best practices, and AI – now, and in the future – can reduce technical debt, and preserve the original investment in the solution.

"Join me to understand the concept of technical debt, its impact on your projects, and strategies to mitigate its effects. Discover how maintaining a low technical debt enhances your team's agility and helps adapt quickly to business changes, which safeguards your investment in FileMaker solutions."

InspectorPro for FileMaker 2025
Learn how the new version of InspectorPro can help with managing technical debt, to keep developers focused in the development zone.

Vince will cover a number of new InspectorPro enhancements:

• Add-on Integration
• AI Features: Semantic Script Search (we made some improvements there), and Script Summaries
• Multiple Users Support with different roles
• Tags & Notes
• Logicator & Global Search
• GitHub and GitLab support (Current State, Blame, and History)
• Problem and History Tracking
• Actions and Notifications
• Style Type Tracking
• Global Multi-analysis Visualization
• Dependency Explorer visualization
• Built for, and using, FileMaker 2025

ABOUT THE PRESENTER - Vincenzo Menanno, Beezwax
Vincenzo Menanno is a master consultant and developer with 30 years of experience in Claris FileMaker products. As chief innovation officer at Beezwax and a community leader, he is known for his dedication to innovation and knowledge-sharing. Vincenzo has earned the Claris Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement and played a key role in Beezwax receiving an Advocacy Award. Vincenzo is also the author of InspectorPro, a leading Claris FileMaker development tool for in-depth solution analysis. He was born to an Italian family in Montreal and now lives in Florida with his family. His interests include architecture, data visualization, and space technology.

SCHEDULE
Social time from 5:00pm to 5:30pm PST
Open discussion via WebEx from 5:30pm to about 7:00pm PST.

CLARIS COMMUNITY EVENTS - DIGFM:
https://community.claris.com/en/s/group/0F90H000000gDZ4SAM/digfm

ONLINE ATTENDEES - ***ZOOM***
To view the ***ZOOM*** link you must RSVP via this Meetup group, or view the link when its posted on CLARIS COMMUNITY EVENTS - DIGFM (see above).

DIGFM YouTube channel (please subscribe!):
https://www.youtube.com/c/DIGFM