Arcgis Web Development

ThenewArcGISwebtoolsunshackleyourGISapplicationsfromdedicatedworkstationssoyoucanscalethemouttoremotecomputersandmobiledeviceswheretheycanbeofgreatestvalue.Esri\'sArcGISJavaScriptAPIallowsdevelopersfamiliarwithJavaScript,HTML,andCSStoimplementvirtuallyallArcGISdataandfunctionalitywithinweb-basedapplicationsandtointeractseamlesslywithotherwebresources.ExperiencedArcGISdeveloperswillfindthatthefamiliardevelopmentenvironmentprovidesasmoothtransitiontocreatingthisnewclassofpowerfulandflexibleGISapplications.ArcGISWebDevelopmentisanexample-richtutorialdesignedtoteachdeveloperstousetheArcGISJavaScriptAPItobuildcustomGISwebapplications.ThebookbeginswitheasytofollowexamplesthatintroducereaderstotheArcGISJavaScriptAPIandteachhowtoapplysimplecustomizations.Asthebookprogresses,theexamplesbecomemorecomplex,leadingtothecreationofalarger,full-scale,webmappingapplication.Alongtheway,readerswilllearntoblendthebestpracticesoftraditionalGISdevelopmentwithwebapplicationdesignsthatworkonstandardscreensaswellastabletsandphones.