1.2. Development functionalities

the anatella integrated development environment (ide) that is used to create the new data manipulation scripts is extremely simple, intuitive & versatile this environment is based on a unique hybrid technology the simple transformations are described using "little boxes" (that is the most intuitive way to represent a data transformation and is a « de facto » standard for all the modern etl tools) complex transformations are programmed using a scripting language based on javascript (standard ecma 262) which is simple, complete and extremely versatile javascript is one of the most widely used programming language currently used in the industry (see appendix c, e and f) you can leverage your already existing javascript skills to become an etl expert instantaneously! anatella is the only etl tool available on the market to offer you a direct access to a complete & powerful “debugger” with an interface similar to the famous ms visual studio debugger (to "debug" the scripts written in javascript/ecma 262) you can add "break points" to your code, add some "watch" on variables, see the "stack", this feature adds a lot of flexibility and control to the etl process one major advantage of anatella over any other etl is that anatella is easily extensible you can easily add new, customized data transformation operators these new operators can be developed in javascript, r or python anatella contains an automatic versioning tool that allows you to manage the different “javascript/r/python codes” that you have developed/downloaded anatella also offers you a direct access to a javascript “debugger” to easily debug all your transformations c/c++, for the most extreme speed & performance a software developement kit (sdk) to create new actions coded in c++ inside anatella is available for timi partners and clients the sdk also allows you to extend the anatella javascript engine by adding new javascript functions this sdk was used to create all the actions inside anatella it offers the ultimate flexibility and speed deploying your new c++ actions is easy you only need to copy your “anatellaplugin dll” file next to the “anatella exe” file and anatella will automatically load your extensions at each startup