Ecto and Drupal

A few weeks ago I read a brief but interesting article by Jeff Whatcott on Getting Ecto Set Up with Drupal. I had heard of Ecto in passing but had never really looked into using it. With all the hubbub around WYSIWYG tools for Drupal and the like recently, I wondered if a good desktop application would be a viable solution, so I figured I'd give Ecto a try for myself.