Migrating from Flex Viewer to API for Flex

[Anonymous User]

I am currently using the free viewer provided by ESRI, I am thinking of downloading API for Flex application.  I know there is more options available using the API, but I'm not a programmer so I don't know if its worth the hassle to change to the API for Flex.

Is it difficult to migrate/convert to the API for Flex?  Any good suggestions on how to migrate/convert from the free viewer to API for Flex?


Thanks in advance for the suggestions/comments!
Todd

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Todd,

   The Flex API is the base that the free FlexViewer is built upon. The API allows you to build Flex GIS apps from scratch. The Viewer uses widgets and a kind of MVC design pattern. If you want to start building apps from scratch then I would suggest starting with the samples that esri have provided.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/samples/index.html

[Anonymous User]

I would assume that you would recommend downloading/installing the Flex API Library?

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Todd,

   Yep, Start here:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/help/content/getting_started.htm

[Anonymous User]

thanks for the help!!