topic Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

HaroldBostic — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:38:07 GMT

Can I use the http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisserver/apis/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi_start.htm#jsapi/api_codeassist.htm with Aptana 3.0? If so, how do I associate the file as the interface for Aptana has changed somewhat so the directions are not necessarily helpful for me

Thanks in advance

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

StephenLead — Tue, 03 May 2011 05:36:22 GMT

I have the same question. The page at http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi_start.htm says:

"Select Window -> Show Aptana View -> References. Select the Global References tab in the References view and enable the ArcGIS JSAPI plugin."

These settings don't exist in Aptana 3. Any clues?

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

Samúel_JónGunnarsson — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:42:45 GMT

I have been looking into utilizing Code Assist in Aptana Studio 3 and I can also verify that information provided by ArcGis applies only to Aptana Studio 2.

There is a guide called Migrating from Aptana Studio 2 to Aptana Studio 3 where the following is stated:

Studio 3 simplified greatly the concept of adding JavaScript content assist. Rather than a references view that needed to be constantly updated, we've instead allowed the user to drop content assist files into an existing project to get good code assist that way.

Aptana Studio 3 also has a guide for Using JavaScript Libraries and JavaScript Library Support where there are instructions on how to enabling code assistant for various javascript libraries such as dojo, jquery and others.

I unzipped the code assist plugin "com.esri.arcgis.jsapi.2.2_2.2.0.00001.jar" and under "support" there is a file called "arcgis_jsapi_2_2_oam.xml" which contains the code assist definitinon. In Using JavaScript Libraries there is a note that states the following:

The library you are using must have either a JSCA 1.0 Specification file, be documented using the ScriptDoc spec, be documented using VSDoc for JavaScript, or have a Aptana Studio 2.X code assist XML file. If using the Studio 2.X XML code assist file, you need to change the file extension to .sdocml.

So I renamed the arcgis_jsapi_2_2_oam.xml to called arcgis_jsapi_2_2_oam.sdocml and dropped the file into my Aptana Studio 3 project. Then I got the following sdocml problem in the "problems"-view:

An error occurred while parsing the documentation XML file.
<api> cannot be a child of <#document>

Element stack trace
===================
<#document>
<api version="1.0"/>
</#document>

I think that the next step would be to update the jsapi22.zip and newer code assistant plugins so that they are compliant with the JSCA 1.0 Specification and ArcGis to provide jsapi22 as an .sdocml file.

But who should we talk to or what is the best way to get solution or assistance from arcgis developers that are maintaining the javascript libraries ?

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

KellyHutchins — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:50:16 GMT

samueljon - you are correct, we do need to update the Aptana code assist to work with the newly released version 3.0. We plan to update the code assist and will add it to the resource center once its ready.

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

MikeLewis — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:35:44 GMT

Hi Kelly,

Any idea when this will be done? It would be good to get content assist for the ArcGIS API for Javascript in Aptana 3.0.

Cheers,

Baldanders

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

MichaelLoconte — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:50:29 GMT

I am glad to see that ESRI is working on updating the Code Assist, I also am eager to try it out with Aptana Studio 3.

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

Samúel_JónGunnarsson — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:55:18 GMT

Now that Javascript API has been updated to version 2.4 it would be interesting to know if the javascript developers at esri have put any work in providing code assist plugin for aptana 3. It looks like they haven't updated the code assist plugin page since it still refers to the jsapi 2.3: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi_start.htm

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

ValCannon — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:33:48 GMT

It has been several months now. Has there been any progress in this area? Aptana Studio 2 can no longer install the Dojo toolkit plugin. So if do a new install of Studio 2 you can't install the Dojo toolkit, but if you install Studio 3 you can't install ArcGIS JSAPI code assist. What are the coders at esri using?

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

ValCannon — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:19:53 GMT

I stand corrected. Studio 2 does let you install the Dojo toolkit. It just gives you a very stern warning about how badly they want you to upgrade to Studio 3.

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

CharlesShore — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:01:05 GMT

"Studio 3 simplified greatly the concept of adding JavaScript content assist."

Typical ESRI -- by 'simplify' they mean making things 5 times more difficult, and basically unusable!

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

JustinRobinson — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:49:13 GMT

Is this in the works to ever be updated again? It'd be nice to have this functionality.

Or, is this completely orphaned and abandoned?

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

AxelSchaefer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:30:37 GMT

"Studio 3 simplified greatly the concept of adding JavaScript content assist."

Typical ESRI -- by 'simplify' they mean making things 5 times more difficult, and basically unusable!

That quote didn't come from Esri but from the Aptana WIKI. Please try to read the quotes correctly before bashing someone here. Right now Aptana 3 doesn't even have an official and/or up-to-date Code Assist for DOJO.

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

MatthewBorr — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:10:25 GMT

Yeah, this is turning out to be a dead end, whether it is ESRI or Aptana's work. It's rather frustrating to have such promises of an incredibly useful tool, prompting the developer to download/install all of the software...and then be completely nonfunctioning, and therefore useless.

Hopefully at some point, somebody will address the functionality and make these outdated advertisements come to some sort of resolution.

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

CoreyAlix — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:08:33 GMT

I wanted to give code-assist a try but is the current recommendation for getting code assistance still Aptana 2.0 and JSAPI 2.3?

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

Anonymous User — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:45:20 GMT

Kelly (ESRI) is there any roadmap (inc timeline) / update for where you guys are going to take the intellisense support & which products (if not aptana) that this will be introduced?

Brad

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

DanMcCoy — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:08:57 GMT

From Kelly on another thread (10-14-2011):

Unfortunately we do not have a Code Assist plug-in for any version of the API that works with Aptana Studio 3. At version 3, Aptana changed the way Code Assist works and there have been some technical challenges with building Code Assist for version 3. We are working to resolve these issues and hope to have an update soon.

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/41685-Code-Assist-plugin-for-ArcGIS-JavaScript-API-2.5-not-available...?p=141733#post141733

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

SantiagoLastra — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:39:42 GMT

Please, check code assist for Aptana 3 y Visual Studio en:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi_start.htm --> API Reference --> Code Assist Plugins

Best regards,
Santiago

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

JssrRR — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:24:47 GMT

I just downloaded and installed Aptana 3 Studio, wanted to know if it has been updated to include JSAPI code assist, if yes, could anyone please give me the instructions to do that.
Thanks for the help.

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

JHayes — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:42:08 GMT

3 years later and we're still waiting for the new code assist for Aptana 3?

Re: Aptana 3.0 + JSAPI code assist

KellyHutchins — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:57:45 GMT

We've moved away from supporting code assist via a plug-in for a particular IDE (Aptana). Now we generate a type script definition file for the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. Several development enviroments like Jet Brains and Visual Studio support the TypeScript definitions. Details can be found in the Esri jsapi-resources Github repo: jsapi-resources/typescript at master · Esri/jsapi-resources · GitHub