Learning ArcGIS Python Scripting

Introduction

• Getting started with Python in ArcGIS
• What you should know before watching this course
• ArcGIS project files throughout this course

1. Introduction to Scripting and the Python Language

• Scripting overview
• Where Python is used in ArcGIS
• Where to write your scripts: ArcGIS Notebooks
• Write your first Python script
• Python syntax rules
• Comments and pseudocode

2. Strings, Numbers, and Variables

• Use variables to make scripts flexible
• Work with numeric values
• Work with strings
• Working with strings in ArcGIS
• String manipulation
• String methods and functions

3. Getting to ArcGIS with Python

• Object-oriented programming (OOP) overview
• Incorporating Python libraries in a script
• The ArcPy library
• Writing a script that uses ArcPy
• ArcPy objects, properties, and methods
• Geoprocessing with Python and ArcPy
• Model builder for jump-starting your script
• The ArcGIS API for Python library: Getting to web GIS

4. Using List Functions to Get to the ArcGIS Objects

• Working with lists
• List methods and functions
• Use loops to work with lists
• Write a script using list methods and a for-loop
• Nested loops
• Conditional statements
• Write a script using ArcGIS API
• Getting to the properties of GIS data with Describe
• Challenge: Properties of layers
• Solution: Properties of layers

5. Reading from and Writing to a File

• Read from and write to a text file
• Write a script that reads from and writes to a file
• Write a script that records broken links
• Challenge: Describe feature classes and write to a file
• Solution: Describe feature classes and write to a file

6. Attaching Your Script to a Tool in ArcGIS Pro

• Making scripts dynamic
• Creating a custom toolbox

7. Creating Help Documentation for a Script

• Creating help documentation for a script tool

Conclusion

• Next steps and additional resources