Introduction to ECL - Concepts and Queries

Introduction to ECL - Concepts and Queries
This class is for developers who want to understand the HPCC (High Performance Computing Cluster) system and learn ECL to build powerful data queries. Anyone who needs a basic familiarity with ECL should take this course.
Course Length: 2 days
Class Prerequisites: None. Students are welcome to bring their own laptops to take away the code and examples from the class.
Topics include:
HPCC Overview (THOR and ROXIE)
Introduction to ECL Concepts and Syntax
Using the ECL IDE and ECL Watch programming tools
Flat and CSV File Sprays
Defining Files (RECORD/DATASET)
Record Filtering
Basic definition types – Boolean, Value, Set, Recordset
Creating Simple ECL Queries
Managing your ECL code
Despraying Files
Note: We recommend that people who attend the Introduction to ECL class also attend the Introduction to THOR class if it meets your schedule, as they are both presented in the same week.