title: Display ArcGIS shape file(*.shp) in a browser using ArcGIS JS API
body: <p>I have list of shape file generated from ArcGIS residing in a directory hosted server, note the server is not ArcGIS server and the shape files are not published.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to load this shape files as a layer(Feature layer or anything) using the ArcGIS JS API as its possible to load KML files?</p>
  
  <p>Is it neccessary to publish the maps to ArcGIS server or do I need to convert the *.shp files to KML?</p>