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Debugging your solution's features isn't simply about using the built-in debugger offered by FileMaker. Debugging also involves knowing enough about the environment to determine what could be causing a problem. It includes being able to investigate and troubleshoot a particular feature while testing.

It's probably no surprise that using a dedicated developer-only option, such as a debug menu, is one of the best ways to approach the problem.

In this video, we walk through the foundations of the debug menu I personally use in most of my solutions and discuss how it evolves and what elements it provides.

Being able to move within a development environment with ease and efficiency is one of the great joys of integrating features quickly into your solution. The quicker features go in, the better you feel about the progress.

While setting up and taking the time to familiarize yourself with and use shortcut keys may feel like a bit of a hassle, it's well worth the investment for the time it saves.

In this part of an ongoing series, we'll cover a highly effective method for managing your personal keyboard shortcut keys on macOS. We'll do it right within FileMaker itself, and we'll take the opportunity to explore how to manage preferences using the command-line tool defaults.

Once we've got our shortcut keys installed and working, the magic of time savings is what comes next.

This video discusses the general FileMaker preference settings and file specific settings.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Ultimate FileMaker Course is a walk-through of adding essential components found in pretty much any modern FileMaker solution. The course is based around building a useful tool for launching other FileMaker solutions.

By creating a launcher file, which provides full control over launching your other FileMaker solutions, you'll be treated to a variety of lessons around the various aspects of a successful FileMaker solution.

This first video discusses the general FileMaker environment and highlights various folders and files any FileMaker developer should be aware of.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Ultimate FileMaker Course is a walk-through of adding essential components found in pretty much any modern FileMaker solution. The course is based around building a useful tool for launching other FileMaker solutions.

By creating a launcher file, which provides full control over launching your other FileMaker solutions, you'll be treated to a variety of lessons around the various aspects of a successful FileMaker solution.