ArcGIS Web Development

<p><b>Summary</b></p><p><i>ArcGIS Web Development</i> is an example-rich tutorial designed to teach developers to use the ArcGIS JavaScript API to build custom GIS web applications.</p><p><b>About the Technology</b></p><p>Now you can unshackle your GIS application from a workstation! Using the ArcGIS JavaScript API, developers can build mobile and web-based maps and applications driven by ArcGIS data and functionality. Experienced ArcGIS developers will find that the familiar development environment provides a smooth transition to the web. Web developers new to GIS will be pleased by how easily they can apply their existing skills to GIS applications.</p><p>Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.</p><p><b>About the Book</b></p><p><i>ArcGIS Web Development</i> is an example-rich guide that teaches you to use the ArcGIS JavaScript API to build custom GIS web applications. The book begins with easy-to-follow examples that introduce readers to the ArcGIS JavaScript API and show how you can apply simple customizations. As the book progresses, you'll explore a full-scale, web-mapping application. By the end you will be able to build web apps that have features you'd ordinarily expect to find only in dedicated GIS applications.</p><p>Written for web developers familiar with JavaScript and basic GIS concepts. Experience with ArcGIS is helpful, but not necessary.</p><p><b>What's Inside</b></p>Build web-based GIS applicationsCustomize the ArcGIS Javascript API toolsBring ArcGIS data to the webCreate secure logins for mobile app users<p><b>About the Author</b></p><p><b>Rene Rubalcava</b> is the cofounder of SmartGeoTech, Inc., a GIS development company specializing in Esri technologies.</p><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>PART 1 ARCGIS JAVASCRIPT FOUNDATIONGIS as a toolIntroducing core API conceptsWorking with the REST APIPART 2 SAMPLE USE CASEBuilding an applicationDeveloping a custom data-collection applicationBuilding a desktop browser applicationAdvanced techniquesAPPENDICESSetting up your environmentDojo basicsConfiguring a proxy