topic Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239153#M6430 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Robert,</P><P>I have read your response. Is that where you are supposed to be developing your custom widget?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:14:12 GMT SamLee1 2019-12-06T21:14:12Z Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239151#M6428 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When testing my custom widget, this link:&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://is59965.corporate.smud.org:3344/webappbuilder/?id=2" title="https://is59965.corporate.smud.org:3344/webappbuilder/?id=2">https://........./webappbuilder/?id=2</A>&nbsp;will not refresh my custom widget with it's new features that I implemented. But this link does:&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://is59965.corporate.smud.org:3344/webappviewer/?config=sample-configs/config-demo-MyWidget.json" title="https://is59965.corporate.smud.org:3344/webappviewer/?config=sample-configs/config-demo-MyWidget.json">https://.............:3344/webappviewer/?config=sample-configs/config-demo-MyWidget.json</A>. Why is that the case? How can I test it with the first link?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:51:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239151#M6428 SamLee1 2019-12-06T20:51:50Z Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239152#M6429 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Sam,</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; Sounds like you may be in the same boat as this user the other day. See my reply to his post.</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/244945-web-app-builder-has-horrible-experience">https://community.esri.com/thread/244945-web-app-builder-has-horrible-experience</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:09:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239152#M6429 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2019-12-06T21:09:17Z Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239153#M6430 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Robert,</P><P>I have read your response. Is that where you are supposed to be developing your custom widget?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:14:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239153#M6430 SamLee1 2019-12-06T21:14:12Z Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239154#M6431 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That is one correct workflow method (that I prefer).</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:36:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239154#M6431 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2019-12-06T21:36:36Z Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239155#M6432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Which is the main way people use to develop a custom widget?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:04:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239155#M6432 SamLee1 2019-12-11T19:04:15Z Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239156#M6433 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's hard to say without polling a sample group. But lets just say as the owner of the&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/group/1294">Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets</A>&nbsp;space and the largest contributor of custom widget, you are safe to use my preferred method. <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" />&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:58:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239156#M6433 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2019-12-12T13:58:06Z Re: Need Help With Solving An Issue Of Testing A Custom Widget https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239157#M6434 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Another way to develop a widget is to use the tools and methodology available here:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://github.com/Esri/generator-esri-appbuilder-js" title="https://github.com/Esri/generator-esri-appbuilder-js">GitHub - Esri/generator-esri-appbuilder-js: Yeoman generator to help customize Esri's WebAppBuilder</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Most of this is about generating all the files and directory structure for a widget, but it also talks about keeping your widget edits synced up with your app (see "Running the Grunt Tasks" section).</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:39:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/need-help-with-solving-an-issue-of-testing-a/m-p/239157#M6434 KenBuja 2019-12-12T14:39:38Z