Using ArcGIS JS API v2.5 - v2.8

Some notes on using their API:

• In 2.5, the path is /library/2.5/arcgis (or arcgis_compact)
• In 2.6, the path changed to /library/2.6/jsapi (or jsapicompact), but the manual doesn't changed. So be careful when following the installation manual
• The file in /library/2.6/jsapi/js/esri/jsapi.js will create a Javascript error. You might need to replace the file content with the one in ESRI ArcGIS JS API production site.

Something more about the Javascript files in the API:

• The jsapi.js contains UTF8 characters (‰ - u8240, ¤ - u0164), when ArcGIS JS API "index.jsp" includes this file using <jsp:include>, the UTF8 characters will corrupted. I found two solutions for that
1. Modify the jsapi.js, swap those UTF8 characters back to escaped (\u) characters, and save the file back as ANSI format. OR
2. Modify the "index.jsp", avoid using <jsp:include>, try to use file reader with encoding specified. For example: FileUtils.readFileToString(new File(filepath_), "UTF8"); (where FileUtils is from org.apache.commons.io package)

100% Height DIV

The trick is to set body with height:100% in CSS:

<style>
   html, body {
      margin: 0px;
      height: 100%;
   }
</style>

Then DIV's CSS height:100% will work !