Flexible Development Features

IDL makes developing easier than other languages. With IDL you can quickly develop small programs or large applications using time-saving features like content assist, auto complete, color coding, and hover help. And, code templates make creating your, plots, graphics, and other visualizations easier than ever.

IDL Programming Features Include:

• Program from a command line or within the workbench development environment
• Plugin Wizard that makes it easy to share development components or extend your IDL application with components developed by other people
• IDL Project Builder is a helpful feature that makes it easy to bundle items related to a project, for use either in a runtime environment or for distribution as a plugin

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