Code Editor (IDE)

The Earth Engine Code Editor is a web-based IDE for the Earth Engine JavaScript API. Code Editor features are designed to make developing complex geospatial workflows fast and easy. For an in-depth description of the functionality and features of the Code Editor, head to the Code Editor section of our Developer Docs.

The Code Editor has the following elements (illustrated in Figure 1):

  • JavaScript code editor
  • Map display for visualizing geospatial datasets
  • API reference documentation (Docs tab)
  • Git-based script manager (Scripts tab)
  • Console output (Console tab)
  • Task manager (Tasks tab) to handle long-running queries
  • Interactive map query (Inspector tab)
  • Search of the data archive or saved scripts
  • Geometry drawing tools

For an in-depth description of the functionality and features of the Code Editor, head to the Code Editor section of our Developer Docs.