Using a Story Map to share code

Owen Evans
Classic Esri Story Maps Developers' Corner
2 min readMay 4, 2018

Story maps are great for teaching and instruction.

Recently, I became aware of an excellent story created by Rudy Prosser, an Esri Instructor. Rudy’s Map Series story presents a code challenge for the ArcGIS API for JavaScript using code samples from the popular code playground CodePen. Using a Story Map to deliver this challenge enabled Rudy provide context for his readers and lets them to interact with the code right inside the story.

I thought this was a great use of Story Maps, so I asked Rudy if I could share his idea. Below you’ll find links to 1) a story map with step-by-step instructions on how to share code samples in a story map and 2) Rudy’s Map Series story that presents the code challenge.

Finally, if you’re looking to learn some new skills, check out this collection of instructional stories that has many wonderful examples of explaining a process through a Story Map.

Step-by-step instructions on how to share code via a story map
A code challenge presented using Story Map Series

Banner photo by Caspar Rubin on Unsplash

Originally published at www.esri.com.

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