Getting Started > How the Concordance Development Documentation is Organized

The Concordance development documentation is organized into the following sections:

•Getting Started - A description of the development environment, what you need to know about developing CPLs and a quick-start tutorial. If you are completely new to developing with Concordance, these topics are designed to help you get started.

•Concordance Programming Fundamentals - An introduction to the basic programming techniques used to access Concordance: general programming structures, how to declare and use variables, creating functions, accessing the database, and using common CPL functions. These topics are written for the novice user who is looking to learn to program in CPL.

•Concordance Programming Language Reference - A full description of the Concordance programming language. Also includes an alphabetical API reference list. These topics are designed for an experienced user who is looking for a specific method or answer to a technical programming question.