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Additional JavaScript APIsESRI provides two other ways to embed ArcGIS Server functionality in your Web pages with JavaScript.
• TheArcGISJavaScriptExtensionfortheGoogleMaps™APIgivesyouawaytoworkwithyourGISservicesintheframeworkofGoogleMapsandotherGoogle®APIs.
• TheArcGISJavaScriptExtensionforVirtualEarth™letsyouaccessyourGISresourcesfromaMicrosoft®VirtualEarthcontrolin2Dor3D.
Getting started with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript The ArcGIS JavaScript APIs are designed for developers who want to create a Web-based mapping application quickly and spend less time coding.
• Nothingtodownload—justwritesomeHTMLandJavaScriptcode.
• DeployyourWebapplicationorembeditinaWebpage.
WiththeArcGISAPIforJavaScript,ESRIoffersexcitingopportunitiesfordeveloperstobuildopenGISWebapplicationsthatcanbedeployedinmostbrowserenvironments.
CreateFast,EffectiveMash-upStyleWebApplications
ArcGIS® for JavaScript™ Developers
TheArcGIS® API for JavaScript™isaneasy-to-useframeworkforbuildinglightweightWebmappingapplicationsontopofArcGISServer.
What can you do with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript?Access maps and tasks from ArcGIS Server in your Web applications.
• Displayaninteractivemapofyourowndata.
• Searchforfeaturesorattributesinyourgeographicinformationsystem(GIS)dataanddisplaytheresults.
• Searchforaddressesanddisplaytheresults.
• DisplayyourdataonanArcGIS SMOnlinebasemap.
• ExecuteaGISmodelontheserveranddisplaytheresults.
What is included in the ArcGIS API for JavaScript?Build custom Web applications that deliver advanced GIS solutions.
• Map component—Supportbothdynamicandcached(tiled)mapservicesfromArcGISServer.
• Graphics—YoucanenhanceyourWebapplicationsbyallowinguserstodrawgraphicsorbyprovidinginformationalpop-upwindowswhentheuserclicksorhoversthemouse.
• Tasks—ClassesandmethodsforcommonGIStasksareincluded:
-Querying
-Findingaddresses
-Findingattributes
-Identifyingfeatures
-Geoprocessing
• Access to Dojo and other libraries—TheArcGISAPIforJavaScriptisbuiltontheDojoJavaScriptToolkit,providingyouwithaccesstodijits(Dojowidgets)andotherJavaScripttools.YoucanalsointegrateotherlibrariesinyourapplicationssuchastheGoogleChartAPI.
Youronlinestartingpointiswww.esri.com/javascript.
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Severe Weather Finder mashup is built with ArcGIS API for JavaScript.