For python scripters, the most useful piece of documentation at 9.x was the Geoprocessing Programming Model (seen here: http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/pdf/Geoprocessor_93.pdf). This is extraordinarily useful because it presents the whole of arcgisscripting concisely on a single page.
In the documentation for 10.0, this item cannot be found for arcgisscripting or arcpy. Can you please add this?
Thanks for posting, all. Our company is set to go to 10 in the next several months, but we're all still on 9.3.1. I wholeheartedly agree with everyone's comments on getting a geoprocessing model diagram for 10. I had hoped to preview a 10 diagram before we made the switch.
I used to rely heavily on VBA to get work done, particularly the code block with "Calculate Field" in 9.3. When I saw the writing on the wall with announcements about ArcGIS 10, I started learning Python and the 9.3 geoprocessing object model so I could smooth the transition into more of a scripting environment, or at least be integrated within Modelbuilder.
This diagram for 9.3 was critical to me learning the object basics. Getting it on to one page is nice, but not as important as having the information in the first place and in a visual, usable form (The OMD for ArcPad 7.1 wasn't 1 page either). It was concise, but the other great things about the 9.3 diagram were that it was a PDF: downloadable, printable, zoomable, searchable, self-contained and covered the material. ESRI, please don't make arcpy, arcane.
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