Add local layer widget to repository about enviroatlas HOT 8 CLOSED

@Baohong here is a link to the github repository that contains the latest local layer widget and instructions on how to add it to the WAB Local Layer Widget

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Branch EviroAtlas_Baohong apps folder has been updated with the latest files, also LocalLayer is functioning. We need to get some idea of how to set the input for LocalLayer so that it could work with user selections and other widgets such as Layer List.

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Ok, I think I understand what's up - and this really confused me at first. There's a huge difference between the code that's located in the arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.x\server\apps\x folder and what is produced when you choose to "download" that app from the developer edition main menu. The former is tightly integrated with node.js as the webserver, while the latter can be run on any webserver - IIS, Apache, whatever. Since we don't have node.js in our EPA production environment, we do need to target the alternate approach. If we obtain widgets from other sources (GeoNet, wherever) and they're in the first mode - Node.JS mode, then I think we need to add them to a staging app in our local developer edition instance, fire up Node.JS, and use the "Download" function in the main menu to run the conversion to standalone mode before dropping it in our app and committing it to our repository. That would explain the huge difference between the two branches. Does this make sense?

Agree that once we get the local layer widget working, we need to unpack it and start discussing all the different related requirements.

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Ahhh, this is why I thought I'd already covered this. I did capture it on a wiki page, and I assumed that everyone received a notification when the wiki was posted - probably an unsafe assumption.
https://github.com/Innovate-Inc/EnviroAtlas/wiki/Startup-Notes
Sorry about that.

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I have downloaded Torrin's version of arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2 which is almost the same with my version except for a few missing several libraries, created a new App, exported (downloaded) as a zip file. Yet, the unzipped App is the same with arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\server\apps\2 except for the file arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\server\apps\14\env.js, with line 92 (apiUrl = '//js.arcgis.com/3.14';) being uncommented.
That is, the widgets in my downloaded zip file App and in arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\server\apps\2 as well as in arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\client\stemapp are very consistent.
I have also committed the new downloaded App to branch EnvrioAtlas_Baohong. There are still huge differences between my branch and master especially with all the widget parts. The only reason I could think of is the AppID we used to start Web AppBuilder. I was following the instructions on https://developers.arcgis.com/web-appbuilder/guide/getstarted.htm to generate the App ID.
If possible, Torrin, could you share App ID and the corresponding Application properties when you generate the App ID? In my end, I could not get a same WAB as master branch using my current programming environment.

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Ok, so I think we're getting closer, but Esri is still throwing us for a
loop. When we're working with WebAppBuilder-1.2, the exported config.json
file reports the versions of all the widgets to be 1.3. This is apparently
a known idiosyncrasy that was previously discussed on GeoNet and briefly on
the phone:
https://geonet.esri.com/message/491894#491894
As of right now, the master branch is reporting version 1.3 across the
board, while EnviroAtlas_Baohong is reporting version 1.2 (which indicates
it was built and exported with WebAppBuilder-1.1. This is more than enough
to drive anyone bonkers. We can try a merge between your Branch, Baohong,
and the master branch, and it will probably work, however, I think it would
be safest to try adding the LocalLayer widget first to a local copy of
WebAppBuilder-1.2 so that when it is exported the config.json file is
reporting version 1.3 - this should allow it to be seamlessly merged with
the master branch. Does that seem reasonable? I don't think the appID
comes into play.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Baohong [email protected] wrote:

I have downloaded Torrin's version of arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2 which is
almost the same with my version except for a few missing several libraries,
created a new App, exported (downloaded) as a zip file. Yet, the unzipped
App is the same with arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\server\apps\2 except for the
file arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\server\apps\14\env.js, with line 92 (apiUrl
= '//js.arcgis.com/3.14';) being uncommented.
That is, the widgets in my downloaded zip file App and in
arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\server\apps\2 as well as in
arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.2\client\stemapp are very consistent.
I have also committed the new downloaded App to branch
EnvrioAtlas_Baohong. There are still huge differences between my branch and
master especially with all the widget parts. The only reason I could think
of is the AppID we used to start Web AppBuilder. I was following the
instructions on
https://developers.arcgis.com/web-appbuilder/guide/getstarted.htm to
generate the App ID.
If possible, Torrin, could you share App ID and the corresponding
Application properties when you generate the App ID? In my end, I could not
get a same WAB as master branch using my current programming environment.

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Local Layer is added to master branch. But in config.json, this widget is shown as 1.2.

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Great, closing this issue!

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