1. Esri UK Annual Conference 2015
Paul Hann
Technical Lead
Professional Services

2. Agenda
• JavaScript API for ArcGIS
• Write Less Code – Options
• Roadmap
• Q&A

3. JS Today
CSS3
HTML Geolocation
HTML Drag and Drop
HTML Local Storage
HTML Application Cache
HTML Web Workers
HTML SSE
Write Less Code

4. JavaScript API for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Integration
- Use ArcGIS.com or your own on-premises ArcGIS Server. The API provides tools to make working
with both simple.
Any Screen, Any Browser
- Whether it's mobile devices or desktops, the API is designed to work in a wide variety of situations.
HTML5 and CSS3
- Leverage the latest HTML 5 and CSS 3 standards to increase the flexibility and performance of your
mapping applications.

5. Esri UK Annual Conference 2015
Demo
Map Integration within a CRMCMS
Scenario 1: Providing operators with local data
Scenario 2: Collecting location information and storing in your CRM

6. Write Less Code - Options
• Web AppBuilder & Esri Templates may
meet your requirements
• Esri Templates on Github
• Developer Version of Web AppBuilder

7. Roadmap
Great presentation here: https://ycabon.github.io/ds2015-arcgis-api-for-
javascript-the-road-ahead/#/
V4.0+
- Unify one API that will do both 2D & 3D Mapping
- AMD Only
- Assessors : get(), set(), watch();
- Classes will be properly cased: esri/Map, esri/Graphic, esri/layers/Layer
- Simplifying Popup

8. Summary
- The future is bright 
- No more plugins!
- New Toys – API’s, WebGL, Speech, etc.
- ArcGIS API for JS provides powerful capabilities
- ArcGIS API for JS 4.0 provides 3D Mapping

9. Q&A

10. Esri UK Annual Conference 2015
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