What's new for developers

• New SDKs since ArcGIS 10.0:
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android (previously known as ArcGIS API for Android)
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS (previously known as ArcGIS API for iOS)
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Windows Phone (previously ArcGIS API for Windows Phone)
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for WPF (for Windows) and Java (for Windows and Linux), first release in beta at time of publication, allow you to bring ArcGIS capabilities to small-footprint, focused applications you build. If your users don't have a network or Internet connection, you can provision their devices so that they can work while disconnected. They can perform spatial analysis, geocoding, routing, and editing while disconnected.
• What's new in mobile SDKs:
  • ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Windows Mobile (previously ArcGIS Mobile SDK).
  • ArcPad (includes what's new for developers).
• What's new in Web APIs:
  • Flex
  • JavaScript
  • Silverlight
• What's new in ArcObjects:
  • .NET
  • C++
  • Java
• What else is new for developers:
  • ArcGIS Online API
  • REST specification
  • ArcGIS for SharePoint
  • Geoprocessing (see the Python and ArcPy section)