Web Mapping APIs allow you to develop rich, interactive applications using JavaScript, Flex, or Silverlight and are used to create a Web Client. You can embed your applications in Web pages or launch stand-alone Web applications from any Web page.
You can:
Development with the APIs is free.
Develop rich internet applications with ArcGIS services using the Flex framework. The API enables creating applications with intuitive, visually rich and responsive user interface. The ArcGIS API for Flex takes full advantage of the powerful mapping, geocoding, and geoprocessing capabilities of ArcGIS services.
The ArcGIS API for Flex allows the creation of Rich Internet applications on top of ArcGIS Server. It is based on the free Adobe Flex framework. The Flex framework is a client-side technology that is rendered by Flash Player 9 and above, or by Adobe AIR. All Flex 3.x SDK versions are now supported.
Latest version of ArcGIS API for Flex is version 1.3 which was released on November 6, 2009.
To use the API you simply download the ArcGIS API for Flex library and start creating your Flex applications using Flex Builder 3 (or your Flex tool of choice).
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ESRI provide a huge range of support resources in order for you to get up and running with Flex, including demo videos, pod casts, code galleries etc. For more details visit:
ESRI Getting Started with Flex
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