Esri's ArcGIS® Web AppBuilder is Retiring

What you need to know and how to future-proof your apps.

Esri's ArcGIS® Web AppBuilder is Retiring

What you need to know and how to future-proof your apps.

Successfully navigate the technology changes on the horizon.

Esri has announced the retirement of their ArcGIS API forJavaScript 3.x as well as their most popular product for building web GIS applications, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder (WAB).

Organizations around the world have built hundreds of thousands of public-facing Web AppBuilder and custom-built apps. If you’re one of them, don’t worry! VertiGIS offers a suite of solutions paving the way for your next generation of web GIS applications.

Your Guide to a Future-Proof Web GIS Strategy

With over 20 years of experience in building powerful web GIS applications, we know what it takes to make your apps resilient to technology changes. Here are some key tenets:

Avoid Custom Code

Customizing your apps with programming locks them into a specific language and architecture. It's expensive and hard to maintain. Instead, we recommend a flexible, configuration approach that is technology agnostic.

Manage Multiple Apps Strategically

If mishandled, each new app increases the maintenance burden and costs. We suggest a common framework for sharing configuration, business logic, and deployment patterns for managing several apps at once.

Adopt New Technology Incrementally

Start using emerging technology as soon as it’s released for lighter weight apps or new requirements. This will help you not only gain valuable experience, but better understand the differences between old and new paradigms.

VertiGIS: Your Partner in Building World-Class Apps

Whether you're looking towards ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript or ArcGIS Experience Builder to succeed your 3.x API-generation apps, VertiGIS can help you develop a robust enterprise strategy for building, maintaining, deploying, and managing world-class apps.

Specifically, VertiGIS Studio Web, built on Esri’s next-generation ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, can be used to build powerful apps that will last for years and can insulate your organization from further technology changes. VertiGIS Studio Workflow, VertiGIS Studio Reporting,and VertiGIS Studio Printing can be used inside your ArcGIS Experience Builder apps. 

Whatever the challenges you face in navigating technology change, VertiGIS has a solution to help you on your way. 

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