After a bit of a hiatus, I’ve tackled a few issues on Map Services Enhanced, a Chrome extension that makes working with ArcGIS Server REST endpoints much easier. I’ve released v. 1.2.1 to the Chrome Web Store. If you’re interested in finding out what it does, then check out this previous article. The list of […]
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If you develop against ArcGIS Server REST Services, or simply test them, you have probably found them to be both a blessing and a curse. ArcGIS Server REST endpoints provide simple, well organized pages that present just enough information for that particular endpoint. To check out information on each map service or layer underneath, however, requires
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Nothing fills a developer’s mouth with words of both praise and cursing more than a major version release (Just ask the Angular JS community). ESRI released the ArcGIS JavaScript API 4.0 out of beta yesterday. If you’ve had experience with the 3.x version, a tour through the 4.x line looks a bit incomplete, much like
Trouble with dates A couple years ago, our company had developed a JavaScript-based web application, and it was in the middle of user acceptance testing when the client noticed something strange in the search results. When the client searched for her own property, she noticed that the date of sale showed March 17th, the day
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Creating Layer visibility controls for web maps can be a pain. If you’ve tried to implement complicated web maps or “ArcMap on the web” applications, you know what I mean. So, when ESRI released the LayerList widget in v. 3.14 of their JavaScript API, I had to try it out. The LayerList I found the
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This year, I was happy not just to attend the ESRI Developer Summit, but I also had the privilege of talking about the ESRI REST Diagnostics tools in a user presentation. Since I attended with some other members of my team, I focused on attending most of the sessions on JavaScript and web development. It was a lot
Hello. I’m sure you’re wondering where I’ve been lately. Well, I’ve been working on a special project that I can finally talk about. It’s my new book, Mastering ArcGIS Server Development with JavaScript. I know, it’s a long title, but it will help you do what it says. It dives into the ArcGIS JavaScript API,
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Anyone who has developed against ArcGIS Server web services has probably encountered the limit on query results returned. Whether it’s 1000 features, or maybe 2000 with the new versions, it’s never enough for the kind of data you have to return. Contrary to what he or she believes, the typical map user can’t fathom having
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I was looking up something in the ArcGIS JavaScript API documentation for another blog post, when I noticed that the API moved up from version 3.13 to 3.14. Yep, the JSAPI became version Pi today. I picked through the What’s New page to see the changes. They advertised a lot of things that I may
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When it comes to presenting quick code samples on the web, there are three competitors that come to my mind: JSFiddle, JSBin, and CodePen. All three sites allow you to add HTML, JSFiddle has been around a long time, and is great for testing out code snippets and parts. JSBin, which bills itself as “Collaborative
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