What's New: Esri Developer Experience (May 2026)

Get a first look at new capabilities like the MapLibre ArcGIS plugin, the basemap sessions model, and other recent enhancements across APIs, tools, and workflows. We'll walk through what's new since May 2025, what's available now, and what's coming next so you can start building with the latest features right away. 📚 Resources ============= 📙 Esri Developer: https://developers.arcgis.com Upcoming Esri Developer Livestreams:    / @esridevs   🗒️ UC Customized Agenda for Technical Sessions: https://event.esri.com/widget/esri/26... 📹 Federal Technical Webinars: https://www.esri.com/en-us/webinars/p... 📽 Native Livestream: https://www.esri.com/live/NativeMaps300 📽 Dev & Tech Summit 2026 Videos: https://mediaspace.esri.com/channel/2... 🎤 European Dev & Tech Summit 2026: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/even... 📃 Newsletter: https://www.esri.com/en-us/lg/product... 🤝 LinkedIn Showcase Page:   / esri-developers   LinkedIn User Group Page:   / 1949564   MapLibre ArcGIS: https://developers.arcgis.com/maplibr... 📙 ArcGIS Basemap sessions: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod... 📝 ArcGIS Basemap sessions article: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod... 📤 Postman collection: https://www.postman.com/esridevs/esri... 📙 Static maps documentation: https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/st... ✅ Early Adopter: https://earlyadopter.esri.com/ 📗 API Keys documentation: https://developers.arcgis.com/documen... 👉 Follow us ============= 🐦 @EsriDevs on Twitter:   / esridevs   🐦 @EsriDevEvents on Twitter:   / esridevevents   🐦 @EsriStartups:   / esristartups   🔴 Videos at Esri Mediaspace: https://bit.ly/3MXWbqq 🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/esri 📰 Esri Developer Newsletter: https://www.esri.com/en-us/lg/product... 🐦 Follow the Esri Developer Experience team at   / 1544004262635753475   🕣 Timestamps ============= 00:00 Intro 00:52 Speakers introductions 04:07 MapLibre ArcGIS plugin 06:52 Display a map (Basemap sessions) 09:19 ArcGIS Static Maps service (beta) 11:04 Postman requests 12:58 Early Adopter opportunity 13:52 New documentation for Static Maps service 17:59 API key (legacy) retirement 19:40 Updated UX for developer credentials 24:33 Esri Developers Newsletter 25:08 Federal Technical Webinar Series 26:33 Next livestream 26:57 Developer Track at Esri UC 27:46 Esri DevTech Summit 2026 recordings 28:21 Esri European DevTech Summit 2026 28:59 Esri Developers LinkedIn 29:19 Esri Developers User Group LinkedIn 29:55 Farewell 🏷️ Tags ============= #arcgis #developer