Countdown to Arcade Knowledge

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5 Key tips

1. Use arcade to enhance user’s experience when editing and visualizing information
2. Know the Arcade Profile you’re using. Not all Profiles support the same functions
3. Understand your objectives before you write a single line of Arcade
4. Keep your scripts organized; Give the expressions a meaningful name and create backup files
5. Become familiar with the ArcGIS Arcade Function Reference web page

4 Helpful Resources for Getting Started

1. Profile Overview
2. Function Reference Page
3. Arcade Expressions – Git Hub
4. Free Online Arcade Tutorials

3 Performance Considerations

1. On FeatureSet functions; Limit the number of fields
2. On FeatureSet functions;  Only request geometry if necessary, such as for use in geometry functions
3. Within an Update operation, use the $originalFeature function to compare before/current values; existing values will not be overwritten.

2 Ways to Jazz Up your Pop Ups

1. Add context with weather data from the ArcGIS Living Atlas

1. Draw attention to important information with attribute driven text color.

1 Final Recommendation

• With all the wonderful Arcade resources and dictionaries, memorization is a thing of the past. Do not limit yourself to what you can memorize, much more fun and creative Arcade will be produced with that extra brainpower. And as always, there are no stupid questions, ask for help!

If you have any questions or would like to talk about how Arcade can enhance your ArcGIS projects please comment and we’ll get a conversation started!

Bonus Content:
Check out this new ArcGIS blog on sprucing up your pop-ups with CSS.