Getting Started > About the CPL Development Environment

The Concordance development environment contains three main features you can use to develop a script:

•Programming Tools - to develop an application using CPL, Concordance includes a simple script editing and runtime environment. For more information, see Creating and Editing a Concordance Script.

•The Concordance API - in addition to the CPL language itself, Concordance has a number of additional, built-in functions you can use to access the database, sort queries, and more. For more information, see About Common CPL Functions , About the Advanced Programming Features, and the About CPL Functions topic in the CPL Reference.

•Concordance CPL Scripts - Finally, Concordance ships with a number of scripts. These scripts extend the capabilities of Concordance in a number of ways, including field formatting, database administration, and native image viewing. For more information, see About CPL Scripts.