ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.18 and 3.35
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Today, we are pleased to release versions 4.18 and 3.35 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. Here are some of the 4.18 highlights (please refer to the 3.35 link at the end for 3.x updates).
Foreword
We fixed 25 bugs, made 11 enhancements, and added 14 new samples. ES Modules are a thing. Internet Explorer is not.
Chapter One
The sun did not shine.
It was a day to wear fleece.
So we sat in the house
Awaiting the JavaScript release.
I saw there with my laptop.
We sat there, we two.
And I said, “How I wish
We had some developing to do!”
Too scary to go out
And too cold to play ball.
So we sat in the house.
With no ES modules at all.
So all we could do was to
AMD!
AMD!
AMD!
AMD!
And while we did like it.
We wanted better integration, see?
And then
Something went RELEASE!
How that release brought us peace!
We looked!
Then we saw what some had foreseen!
We looked!
And we saw it!
ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4 dot 18!
And it said to us,
“For what are you async/await-ing?”
“I know it is covid
And our lives have gotten smaller.
But we can still
Write modern code like a baller!”
“I know some new widgets with which we could play,”
It said, unseen.
“I know some new features,”
Said the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4 dot 18.
“A lot of new features.
I will show them to you.
Your boss
Will not mind at all if I do.”
Then my laptop and I
Did not know what to say.
Our boss was “out of the office”
For the day.
But our legacy code said, “No! No!
Make the 4.18 go away!
Tell that ArcGIS API for JavaScript
You do not want its updated ways.
Too many data-viz updates.
Too much new fun.
The updated imagery layers alone
Are probably worth a ton!”
“Now! Now! Don’t sweat it.
Don’t sweat it!” said the API.
“My updates are easy to use,”
Said 4.18 with a wink in its eye.
“Why, we can have
Lots of good fun, for all developer creatures,
With a game that I call
“Leave me alone!” said the legacy code.
“This is no fun to be baited!
Leave me alone!” said the legacy code.
“I do not wish to be updated!”
“Have no fear!” said the API.
“I will not let you fail.
I will document all the breaking changes
And new features I will regale.
With scene layer attributes editing!
And 3D self snapping!
But that is not all I can do!”
Said the API, not napping..
“Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me now!
It is fun to write code
But you have to know how.
I can get context-aware navigation in 3D!
And measure the elevation profile!
I can make the Moon and Mars visit me!
And apply layer effects!
I can use an updated widget!
And the CIM Symbol Builder, will make your heart fidget!
And look! With this release
I can stop using IE11 like I stopped wearing trousers!
I can send this to my boss,
As I upgrade to only using modern browsers!
But that is not all.
Oh, no.
That is not all…”
Acknowledgements
Release Blog
What’s New in ArcGIS API for JavaScript (December 2020)
4.18 Release Notes
https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/release-notes/index.html
4.18 Samples
https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/sample-code/?search=4.18
3.35 What’s New
https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jshelp/whats_new.html
Inspiration
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