Overview of this book
<p>ArcGIS Server is the leading software for developing both web and mobile GIS applications. The ArcGIS API for JavaScript is the preferred way of developing your custom applications for ArcGIS Server since it can be used for both web and mobile application development. It's easy to use and doesn't require the use of a browser plugin.</p>
<p>This practical course provides you with hands-on experience in developing custom web and mobile ArcGIS Server applications with step-by-step style exercises. Along with introducing you to the HTML/CSS/JavaScript technology stack, you will learn to add intuitive geographic layers of information to your map, interactive query and display of spatial data, add user interface widgets, access geoprocessing tasks, and much more in your own web and mobile GIS applications.With this course, you will be able to develop fully-functional online GIS applications with ArcGIS Server using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, which has been updated to 4.x. After creating your own map, you will explore how to add geographic layers from a variety of sources including tiled and dynamic map services, add graphics to the map, and stream geographic features to the browser using a FeatureLayer. You will also learn how to work with 3D maps, perform client-side analysis, visualizations, etc.Most applications include the specific functionalities implemented by ArcGIS Server as tasks. You'll learn how to use the various tasks provided by ArcGIS Server including spatial and attribute queries, identification of features, finding features by attribute, and more. Geocoding and geoprocessing tasks are covered in-depth to help you accomplish your task in GIS.Finally, you'll learn just how easy it is to integrate ArcGIS.com content into your custom developed applications by building a complete app.</p>
<h2>Style and Approach</h2>
<p> This friendly course takes you through the tools ArcGIS to build your Custom Widgets and Applications. It is packed with step-by-step instructions and working examples. This comprehensive course is divided into clear bite size chunks so you can learn at your own pace and focus on the areas of most interest to you.</p>
