Just another quick update, considering that these days I’m just trying to expand my programming experience. I’ve been looking at the Flex 3 framework and more specifically two pieces of it; the InfoWindowRenderer, styling/CSS functionality.
We’re looking at the infowindowrenderer, which is actually part of the ArcGIS API, because the conceptual design that I developed for the University called for when a user queries the map for a building a ‘popup’ window was supposed to show. What we ideally want(ed) is a panel to fade in on the screen that calls links to all the department sites within the building, an image of the building, and a basic floor plan — this is for the general public — for the internal user we wanted the ability to access any and all utility and project information, as well as the asset management and work orders for the building. However, as of now, what we have is a bubble window, which is fine when we pass a small amount of information in a small bubble, but it isn’t exactly the best fit when you start to serve out other web applications. So it looks like I’m going to be building my own, wholly custom infowindow here in the near future.
As we’ve been developing, we have been utilizing the standard Halo theme that is included in the Flex Framework, and although I personally find it aesthetically pleasing, I think that it would be advantageous if I could demonstrate some ability to alter that for other applications/environments.
So that’s the update. These are a couple of the things that I’ve been working on during my first week as an unemployed GIS Analyst/Developer/Programmer. They’re really exciting, honestly they are, and they’ve been keeping me busy while I hunt for an actual position and do the interview circut.
