Announcing: the Flex-A-Widget Challenge for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex

[DerekLaw]

We would like to announce the Flex-A-Widget Challenge, a developer competition for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex. The challenge: either modify an existing widget or create your own custom widget for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex application, then submit it as part of the Viewer code gallery.

The widget must work on the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.2 or higher release. You can enter as many widgets as you like for the competition. If you have previously submitted a widget onto the Viewer code gallery, you are welcome to enter them into this competition.

We recommend that you submit the following as part of your widget entry:

• A compiled version of your widget that works in the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex application


• The source code for your widget


• A ReadMe file that explains what the widget does and how to install/configure it


• An associated sample service available to see it in action (if needed)

The winner of the competition will be decided by public voting.

The Flex-A-Widget Challenge is open to everyone except Esri distributors, Esri employees, or their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of such employee or person. Additional information and rules are available from here.

More detailed information on the rules and widget sumbmissions will be posted shortly.

Good luck and we hope you enter often!!!

Sincerely,
The Esri Flex Development team

[DerekLaw]

All,

Just a reminder that the Flex-A-Widget Challenge deadline is this Friday Feb 18th!!!

All widgets on the Viewer code gallery are eligible for the competition as long as they work with ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.2 or higher. Please ensure that your widgets are submitted by the deadline.

Good luck and thanks for your participation,

[JoshWhite]

All, 

Just a reminder that the   Flex-A-Widget Challenge deadline is this   Friday Feb 18th!!! 

All widgets on the Viewer code gallery are eligible for the competition as long as they work with ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.2 or higher. Please ensure that your widgets are submitted by the deadline. 

Good luck and thanks for your participation,

Earlier in the thread it says Feb 25 not the 18th.

I was going to suggest that if somebody really wants to create a widget, one on my wish list is some sort of enhanced print widget or CreatePDF widget. The operations dashboard template has a CreatePDF widget but I can't seem to replicate it and don't know who wrote the code. If something like this was available on the Resource Center I would be really happy.

[DerekLaw]

Hi Josh,

Earlier in the thread it says Feb 25 not the 18th.

Apologies for the oversight, the closing date in my initial post was incorrect.

Hope this helps,

[DerekLaw]

All,

I am very excited to post the list of widget submissions for the Flex-A-Widget Challenge for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex. There are 24 entries in total, in alphabetical order:

1. Advanced Drawing Widget for Flex Viewer 2.2


2. Advanced Java PrintSOE with simple Flex widget as client


3. Attachment Relate Info Window Widget version 2.2.1 for FlexViewer


4. AutocompleteSearch v1.2


5. Batch Geocoder Widget


6. Coordinate Menu Widget


7. Drag and Drop Map Services Widget


8. Drive Time Calculator


9. Enhanced Bookmark Widget


10. Enhanced Search Widget version 2.2.9 for FlexViewer 2.x


11. Export To Shapefile (AS3 Shapefile Writing Library)


12. Feature Blurb Widget


13. Flickr Photo Viewer Widget


14. Geolocation Widget


15. Google Street View Widget for the Flexviewer


16. Groupon Deals Widget


17. Identify Widget 2.0


18. Identify Widget version 2.2.2 for FlexViewer 2.x


19. Layers Manager Widget


20. Route Widget version 2.2.3 for FlexViewer


21. Selection Widget


22. Simple Reverse Geocoder


23. Street View and More â?? Widget for FlexViewer 2.*


24. Zillow Widget for FlexViewer 2.x

If you haven't already, please click the links and explore these widgets which add some great new functionality to the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex. These developers have done some pretty amazing stuff!!! Then please vote on your top favorite 3 widgets.

Eligible voters for the Flex-A-Widget Challenge include the following:

• Esri 2011 Dev Summit attendees


• Esri EDN subscribers


• Current Esri customers (e.g., on maintenance)

If you qualify in one of the groups, you will receive an email with information on how to vote for your top favorite 3 widgets in the challenge.

I encourage all users who have used these widgets and qualify to vote to please submit your vote ASAP. These developers have done a fantastic job of helping out the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex user community by sharing their development efforts.

The winners of the Flex-A-Widget Challenge will be annouced at Esri Dev Summit.

Good luck to all participants,

[DerekLaw]

Hi Andrea,

The email you receive to vote in the Flex-A-Widget Challenge looks like the screen capture in the attachment to this post. You simply click the orange "Vote Now" button and you should be able to vote.

Hope this helps,

[JoshWhite]

I tried out several of these, all good.  I did have one question though, how are they organized in the code gallery?  The order that they come up in makes no sense to me.  I think that it should be organized by date added or if you use search, then of course the ability to search by relevance would also be helpful.  Switching back and forth would be very beneficial too.

[DavidMarley]

I think that I deleted the email with the vote link, without realizing that was (apparently) the only way for me to access the voting page.  I'm an EDN subscriber and attending the Dev Summit so I definitely qualify to vote.

Any other way to get access to vote other than through the link in the email?  If not, any way to get the email resent?

Seems like it has been made very hard to actually vote....

[DerekLaw]

Hi Josh,

I did have one question though, how are they organized in the code gallery?

That's a good question and I am not 100% sure. The widget organization applies to all the code gallery items for all the Esri Resource Centers. I believe they are sorted by date the item was last modified, but I am checking into this.


Hi David,

Any other way to get access to vote other than through the link in the email?  If not, any way to get the email resent?

Apologies for the late reply, I only just saw your post. Unfortunately, voting for the contest closed this morning at 9 am PST. But since you posted your request before that time, I will make an exception for you. Please send me an email: dlaw@esri.com with your votes and I will submit them for the competition.

Hope this helps,

[EricVenden]

And the winner is????

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

And the winners are:

1. Frank Roberts: Street View and More �?? Widget for FlexViewer 2.*
2. Sasa I. : Export To Shapefile (AS3 Shapefile Writing Library)
3. Andrew McNaughton : Google Street View Widget for the Flexviewer