10 ArcGIS Developer Tools and Techniques

You Didn't Know You Needed

Allan Laframboise

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1. ArcGIS for Developers

Productivity tools & resources

• Home page
• Global search - licensing, APIs, specs...
• Getting Started
  • ArcGIS Core Documentation
  • ArcGIS DevLabs
  • Example Apps
• Feature Pages - apps and ideas

2. ArcGIS Account

What can I do?

• Account Types
  • ArcGIS Subscription = Developer Account
    • Essentials (free): ArcGIS Organization, 1 dev
    • Paid: 2 ArcGIS Organizations - 1 dev, 5 users
  • ArcGIS Organization = Developer Access
• ArcGIS for Developers - downloads, apps, credits
• ArcGIS Online - create maps, manage data & content...

3. Link Accounts

Swap Between Accounts

• Link multiple ArcGIS accounts
• Account types
  • Public
  • Developer
  • Organization
• ArcGIS for Developers > Switch Accounts

4. Moving Content

Move Items Between Accounts

• ArcGIS Online
  • MapViewer - Save as...
  • Manually export and import
• ArcGIS Online Assistant
  • Maps, layers and data
  • Shallow or deep copy

5. Authenticated Services

Manage apps and

authenticate services

1. Create an app
2. Create service proxy
3. Use proxy url in app

6. Authenticate Layers

Load Authenticated Layers

1. Load layer into Map Viewer
2. Copy, Save Layer (styles)
3. Get layer url
4. Add a new item (from web) + authenticate + share
5. Replace url in original layer
6. Load layer by item

6. Load Webmaps

Load portal items and JSON

1. ArcGIS Online Map Viewer
2. ArcGIS Online (share data URL)
3. ArcGIS Online Assistant
4. Load webmap via JSON

7. Load Layers

Load layers from portal items

1. Get PortalItem ID
2. Load from portal item

8. Styling with JSON

Style popups and renderers

1. ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to style layer
2. Get popup JSON and render JSON
3. Style layer via JSON

9. REST Services

Access REST API directly

1. Create an AppID
2. Generate a token
3. Build URL params
4. Make HTTP request

ArcGIS REST Doc and DevLabs

10. Search

Final Notes

• Account
• ArcGIS for Developers
• ArcGIS Online
• Authentication
• JSON
• REST

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