This week Silverlight goes geospatial with ESRI, Flex gets a bit more connected to Google Analytics, iLog shows off Elixir version 2, Infragistics highlights UX patterns with Silverlight, and an overview of the JavaFX 1.0 SDK. All this and more on the Weekly RIA RoundUp from InsideRIA.

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ESRI Releasing ArcGIS API for Silverlight

ESRI has announced that they will release their ArcGIS API for Silverlight at the 2009 ESRI Developer Summit. The press release states:

Developers can use the Silverlight API to combine GIS-based Web services from ArcGIS Server with other Web content and display it in fast and expressive mapping applications that can be deployed over the Web. The API takes full advantage of the powerful mapping, geocoding, and geoprocessing capabilities of ArcGIS Server. End users can display their local data in an interactive map, search for and display GIS data features and attributes, locate addresses, identify features, and perform complex spatial analysis by simply clicking a button or feature on the map.

ESRI now has a dedicated Silverlight page on their site which also includes a sneak peek of the Silverlight integration.

ESRI: ESRI's New ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight to be Released at the ESRI Developer Summit

ESRI Silverlight Developer Page

Tutorial on Google Analytics Flex API

This week here at InsideRIA, Matthew McNeely covered how to integrate the new Google Analytics AS3 API. This allows much closer integration between Google Analytics and your Flash / Flex application. The tutorial covers how to track items such as Flex application state with the API.

InsideRIA: Google Analytics within Flex/Flash Applications

Overview of the JavaFX 1.0 SDK

Parleys recently published the 'JavaFX 1.0 SDK' talk by Richard Bair and Martin Brehovsky of Sun at the Devoxx '08 conference. This talk gives a thorough overview of what is included in the 1.0 SDK and how to get started in development.

Parleys: The JavaFX SDK

New Demo of iLog Elixir 2.0

iLog recently released version 2 of their Flex component set, Elixir. To demonstrate the power of these components, they also created version 2 of the online World Factbook. This application can be viewed at the link below.

iLog Blog: World Factbook Second Edition

InsideRIA: CIA World Factbook in ILOG Elixir, version 2.0

Illustrator to XAML Plugin Updated

Shawn Wildermuth announced that the plugin (developed by Mike Swanson) that converts Illustrator files into XAML has been updated. This plugin has been updated for Silverlight 2 and now works properly with CS4.

Shawn Wildermuth: Mike Swanson's XAML Plugin for Illustrator Updated

UX Patterns Explorer in Silverlight

Infragistics recently completed their UX Patterns explorer in Silverlight 2. This application highlights many different UX patterns used within rich Internet applications. This application is not only useful as a UX resource, but it also serves as a great example of a Silverlight application.

Infragistics: Quince for Exceptional UX Patterns

Sample JavaFX Application - Pet Catalog

Carol McDonald of Sun creates a sample Pet Catalog application in JavaFX, and she blogged about the entire process she went through to create the application. This is a great tutorial for anyone who has already worked with some basic JavaFX samples and wants to create a full application.

Carol McDonald (Sun): Pet Catalog : JavaFX Example Application