best web app/template that I could use ?

[helenchu]

All,

I'm trying to build my 1st website and since there're many out there, I do not really know what's best for my case.

What I'm having right now is a .net web that shows all account numbers base on user's inputs and what I need is a button on that app that fires a gis web app showing  polygons of those accounts.   I'm debating between flex and javascript.  I need a quick, and easiest way posibble since I'm not familiar with either of them.  Your help is greatly appreciated.

Helen

[JustinRobinson1]

There really isn't much debate left in my opinion. At this point, flex and flash are treated as legacy on most platforms (if its even available, looking at you iOS). I would focus on the JavaScript API for any new development.

Your use case also sounds relatively simple, I would take a look at leaflet + esri-leaflet plugin as it is much simpler to get up and running in than the Esri JavaScript api. The Esri API is full featured but has a fair bit of overhead  (AMD and Dojo can be a bit to wrap your head around if you're new to this) if you are building something more custom (as in not using a stock template or something like the CMV).

Cheers.

[KellyHutchins]

You could build a simple app using the Esri JSAPI that checks for a url parameter and then uses the Search widget to zoom to that location.  Here's some sample code that shows how this would work:

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/fca4871e844b354859c8

If you copy the code and set it up on your web server you can test using a valid parcel id as a url parameter. Here's an example of what the url for this test might look like.

http://localhost/mytestapp/parcels.html?parcel=1920226008

After running the app you'll be zoomed into the specified parcel and an info window will pop up showing info about that parcel.

[ChrisSergent]

I agree that you should use the Esri JavaScript API. Both Flex and Silverlight will no longer be supported soon. See this blog for more info: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/supportcenter/2014/11/10/final-release-and-support-plan-for-the-arcgis-ap...

.NET and JavaScript work just fine together. I've used both, .NET to integrate database driven applications and pure HTML5 and JavaScript.

I also have an old app that I created in the Web ADF. But if you look at Startup.aspx.vb, it populates a url and then a page redirect if you need a sample and then I used the url parameters to perform selection in Default.aspx.vb. It's not JavaScript, but it might give you an idea of the logic that I used my .NET application.

If you'r just starting, you may want to follow Kelly Hutchins​, she has many code examples on Geonet that you may find helpful as you start out.