The ECL IDE is an integrated development environment for the ECL language designed to make ECL coding easy and programmer-friendly. Using the ECL IDE you can build, edit and execute ECL queries, and mix and match your data with any of the ECL built-in functions and/or definitions that you have created.

The ECL IDE offers a built-in Attribute Editor, Syntax Checking, and ECL Repository Access. You can execute queries and review your results interactively, making the ECL IDE a robust and powerful programming tool.

For a more detailed look at the ECL IDE, see the HPCC Data Tutorial that provides a walk-through of the development process from beginning to end using the ECL IDE.