ArcGIS API for JavaScript Version 2.8 Released

Version 2.8 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript is now available! Highlights include:

Features

• Portal for ArcGIS API:  An API to build applications that works with content from ArcGIS Online or an ArcGIS Portal
• Support for ArcGIS Server 10.1 editor tracking which enables automatic tracking of which user created a feature, when a feature was created, which user last updated a feature and when a feature was last updated
• Simpler constructor signatures for esri.SpatialReference class
• Feature Layers now fire an onQueryLimitExceeded event when a feature layer is unable to draw all expected features due to maxRecordCount restriction imposed on the server
• The Identity Manager has new methods to serialize its state and re-hydrate later

New Samples

• View web maps from a group on ArcGIS.com using the Portal for ArcGIS API
• Search ArcGIS.com with the Portal for ArcGIS API to display web maps with GPX data
• Add a non-Esri tiled layer with a single line of code
• Print Dijit with a web map from ArcGIS.com (requires 10.1 print task)
• Create Print Dijit templates using esri.request
• Use 960 Grid System to layout an application

Refer to the full What’s New in 2.8 document for the full list of new features and bug fixes.