Essential ArcGIS Developer Tools, Tips, and Tricks

Allan Laframboise

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ArcGIS Platform Tools

• ArcGIS for Developers website
• Data management
• Service management
• Authentication tools
• Web map and styling tools
• Standards

1. ArcGIS for Developers

Documentation & resources

• Global search - licensing, APIs, specs...
• Getting Started
  • ArcGIS core documentation
  • ArcGIS tutorials
  • Open source apps
• Feature pages - apps and ideas
• Success stories
• Support

2. ArcGIS Accounts and Dashboard

Account Types

• ArcGIS Public Account - not for development
• ArcGIS Online - create maps, manage data & content...
• ArcGIS Developer Subscription = Developer Account
  • Essential Plan (free): ArcGIS Organization, 1 dev
  • downloads, apps, credits
  • Builder Plan: 2 ArcGIS Organizations - 1 dev, 5 users

Explore your account and dashboard

3. Switch Accounts

Switch between accounts

• Link multiple ArcGIS accounts
• Easy for dev and deploy
• 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. Work with Layers

Manage and access layers

• Import or create
• Edit
• Load

Learn more about working with layers

6. Authenticated Services

Manage apps and

authenticate services

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

Learn more about security and authentication

7. 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

8. Load web maps

Load web map by item or JSON

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

Learn more about webmaps and the specification

9. Styling with JSON

Style popups and renderers

1. ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to style layer
2. Get renderer JSON or from here
3. Get popup JSON 
4. Use to style layer

10. ArcGIS REST API

Access REST services

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

Explore ArcGIS REST API and tutorials

11. Style Vector Basemaps

Style your own basemaps

1. Select a layer
2. Apply colors and styles
3. Save
4. Access from your application

Learn how to use the Vector Tile Style Editor

Final Notes

• Accounts
• Authentication
• Tools
• JSON
• REST
• Styling

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