topic Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

FaisalMushtaq — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:07:39 GMT

I searched on internet any good book related to ArcGIS javascript API.

Found one but perhaps that makes use of API version 3 which is quite different from version 4.

So I am wondering if there is any book available in market from Amazon or else where that targets version 4.x of ArcGIS javascript?

Please guide. Thanks.

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

SteveCole — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:28:28 GMT

The only one I'm aware of is by Rene Rubalcava‌ :

Intro to ArcGIS API 4 for Javascript

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

ChrisSmith7 — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:16:05 GMT

I have to wonder if Esri will need to make more progress with porting functionality from 3.x before we see more literature. There is still a bit of important functionality that needs to be ported, not to mention some bugs and intricacies resolved in 3.x that have cropped-up again in v4.

I like the progress on the one hand, but on the other, we have invested years into creating a mature product based upon the 3.x line, Esri's suggestion to "re-write" rather than port 3.x-based applications really stings! IMHO, API upgrades shouldn't be so obtuse, but I understand the reasoning, and it is certainly not unprecedented. We re-wrote our mapping app from Silverlight (not even Esri-based) before switching to the JSAPI a few years ago.

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

KristianEkenes — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:28:15 GMT

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Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

ReneRubalcava — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:33:56 GMT

There's a ton of videos on the JS API from UC/DevSummit also available on Youtube.

Esri Events - YouTube

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

SteveCole — Wed, 17 May 2017 19:32:26 GMT

I have a few 3.x based apps and I'm not even going to bother attempting to re-write them until a lot more functionality is ported to 4.x. I'm not woo'd by ESRI's siren's song of flashy 3-D visualizations. In some ways, I feel this is a endemic of a larger problem with ESRI- playing catch up. ArcGIS Pro will replace Arcmap but is so crippled with missing functionality. Same goes for the Javascript API. I've never been LESS excited for an ESRI UC as this year. The only question is, compared to previous software versions, what precentage of complete functionality are we at this year?

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

FaisalMushtaq — Fri, 19 May 2017 06:51:03 GMT

Thanks. Steve.

I bought this book. Meanwhile your profile logo looked like first to me, as if you downvoted it

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

SteveCole — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:00:46 GMT

It's symbolic. I'm down voting the JIVE forum system that ESRI adopted. It's a mess compared to the old forums.

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

FaisalMushtaq — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:13:35 GMT

Cool

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

ThomasSolow — Fri, 19 May 2017 17:22:05 GMT

Siren's song? No my friend, this is no siren's song. Behold the future of GIS: JS Bin - Collaborative JavaScript Debugging

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

SteveCole — Thu, 25 May 2017 17:54:08 GMT

The future is a 5 mile tall obelisk rave party over London?

This isn't my future, and arguably that's not A LOT of other people's futures as well. What IS my future is migrating my 3.x apps which require selecting features within a featureLayer, a refresh interval on featureLayers, modifying graphics, changing the renderer, a color picker, feature table, measurement widget, editing, and the draw toolbar (all things STILL listed as "coming soon" as of version 4.3).

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

ThomasSolow — Thu, 25 May 2017 19:46:32 GMT

I was trying to inject some levity into the discussion, apologies if I didn't succeed.

It's worth noting that, while a lot of the functionality you mention is missing a plug-and-play solution, the building blocks to accomplish most (maybe all) of those things are exposed in the API. I've had to tackle most of those issues myself, building on top of the API.

The building blocks are really what's exciting to me: the potential is there to build some really cool things, in 2D and 3D.

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

RondaHilton — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:13:43 GMT

Apress is publishing a new book on this topic by Rubalcava. It's supposed to come out on Dec 25, 2017.

You can pre-order on Amazon for 34.99: Introducing ArcGIS API 4 for JavaScript

Update: now until Dec. 31 2017, apress.com has this book on sale 50% off. The eBook version is $12.49, softcover $17.49

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

GregoryBologna1 — Fri, 18 May 2018 00:23:02 GMT

This is not bad. ArcGIS for JavaScript developers by Example

ISBN 978-1-78588-866-3

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

NikhilSharmaGIS21 — Fri, 18 May 2018 09:28:43 GMT

You will not get any book for the version 4 of the JS API as it is still new and lot of existing features are yet to be made for the 4.X series. You can go for the 3.X series book and the main concepts will still remain the same. Below is the link of the book which should help:

BOOK URL

Re: Is there any book for ArcGIS javascript API 4.x?

MichaelLev — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:11:16 GMT

Currently, besides esri excellent documentation, tutorials and code examples, I know only of 2 books that are wholly dedicated to API version 4:

1. Introducing Arcgis API 4 for JavaScript: Turn Awesome Maps Into Awesome Apps, by Rene Rubalcava, from 2017

2. Learn GIS Programming with ArcGIS for Javascript API 4.x and ArcGIS Online, by Hussein Nasser, from 2018-2019, which instructs you step by step in building an engaging web map application, that works on mobile or the web.

My opinion is that both books are good. Their methodologies differ - Rene's book is a general introduction, whilst Hussein's book focuses on taking you by hand, developing a whole 2D web application which runs on server in your pc (he presents IIS or Node, but you can use also simple http-server).

I found also that API version 4 is presented also in single chapter scope, at the end of next 2 books:

1. Chapter 10 (last chapter) of Getting to Know Web GIS - fourth edition, by Pinde Fu, from 2020

2. The appendix of Building Web and Mobile ArcGIS Server Applications with JavaScript - Second Edition, from 2017

Michael