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for those who code…

Tuesday, 24 April 2007 @ 14:10

…there’s a new sheriff in town.

I have used several web design applicaitons throughout the years, beginning with hand-coded HTML back in 1996, to Dreamweaver 1.0 through MX, the freeware app Smultron, and finally settling down with the excellent skEdit last year. All of them have had good point and bad points, but are effective coding tools. Lately, I have used Transmit for all my FTP duties. Together they are a good one-two punch in my daily workflow.

Now the good folks at Panic Software have unveiled a beautiful new app that aims to make the life of any web designer/developer easier and more fun. It’s called Coda and it comes with the prettiest UI I’ve seen in a while. I downloaded the demo and have been using it for a day now and have to say that it seems pretty solid. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

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  1. wade2007/4/24 @ 14:32

    I have been using it for a day and a half now also and am very impressed. It is solid. I am seriously considering dropping Zend Studio for this.

    My only complaints are:

    • I would like multiple server connections in the sidebar instead of requiring separate windows (that defeats the entire point of their app and their “one window” philosophy.
    • I hate that the keystroke for text indentation is command + [/] (instead of tab/shift + tab). I know that it is this way because they used the SubEthaEdit engine and it is that way there, but if you strike the tab key to indent, it only makes sense to shift + tab to back that back out (shift left).
    • Although this is standard Cocoa app behavoir, I hate that folders and files are treated the same and sorted alphabetically regardless of their type. I want folders to be listed first A-Z and then files next A-Z.
    • The Terminal is not working for me.
    • There is no way to close the search dialogue with a keystroke (I would expect it to be esc).
  2. Ben McElroy2007/4/24 @ 15:44

    I’m with Wade - great app but qualified with some issues. However it is only a 1.0 release. Overall I’m impressed with it - it certainly fits my needs. Obviously people should test Coda out before investing in it to ensure whether it fits your particular workflow or situation.
  3. orkman2007/4/25 @ 18:31

    I am a sucker for cool new apps. Downloading it now!