Introduction

Endeca Developer Studio is a Windows application that you use to define all aspects of your instance configuration.

Welcome to Endeca Developer Studio
Use Developer Studio to assemble and configure pipeline components for processing your data.
Parts of the Developer Studio window
The Developer Studio window contains the menu bar, toolbar, Project Explorer, work area, and Messages pane.
Important Endeca concepts
In order to work with the Endeca Developer Studio, you need to understand fundamental Endeca concepts of an Endeca implementation, including those described in this section.
About your Endeca Developer Studio Project
Endeca Developer Studio is a project-based tool that creates and modifies an Endeca instance configuration.
About Endeca Workbench
In addition to Developer Studio, the Endeca distribution includes another tool called Endeca Workbench. Endeca Workbench is an optional, Web-based application that contains a complementary set of functionality to that found in Developer Studio.
Developer Studio workflows
Developer Studio is useful by itself for creating instance configuration XML files you need for your Endeca application. You may also split application maintenance tasks between a Developer Studio user and a Web Studio user.