topic Newbie help on a general question in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Newbie help on a general question

PeterLen — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:04:33 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to wrap my head around the whole ArcGIS thing. There seems to be 1001 products but I think my focus is going to be centered around a GIS web application using the ArcGIS Server. In the past I have done Java web apps using the OpenLayers API for our mapping needs where I simply "imported" the OpenLayers javascript API and then used the API to render the maps and do other things. Now, we will be using .Net so I will be using ASP.NET for the web application, but I have no idea what I need to do to have the ASP.NET web app use the ArcGIS server for our mapping needs. Can anyone clue me in on what I need to look at and where I need to start?

Thanks for any thoughts - Peter

Re: Newbie help on a general question

StephenLead — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:20:50 GMT

Peter,

You may want to use the ArcGIS Server .Net API, as shown at http://resources.arcgis.com/content/arcgisserver/web-apis

Build applications with GIS capabilities using the .NET Web Application Developer Framework (.NET Web ADF). The .NET Web ADF is an AJAX-enabled framework for building Web applications built on ASP .Net AJAX. It includes both server-side and client-side controls and libraries. The client-side JavaScript framework is built on MS-AJAX.

Steve

Re: Newbie help on a general question

JakeSkinner — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:27:47 GMT

Hi Peter,

I wouldn't recommend developing with .NET because the ArcGIS Web ADF (Microsoft .NET Framework) has been deprecated. See here. I would suggest using another API such as JavaScript.