Re: FN-FORUM: New web development tool for the Mac

date posted 3rd May 2007 13:38

Ian Piper wrote:
>
> There seems to be an embarrassment of riches for the web designer on the
> Mac nowadays - here is another.
>
> Coda, from panic software, seems very nice from my initial view. It
> gives a one-window development environment with access to file
> management, editing, preview (using WebKit, so based on the engine in
> Safari), CSS form- or text-based editing, simple publishing by ftp and a
> terminal window for more advanced command-line management. It also has
> direct access to online documentation for html, css, php and JavaScript,
> support for jsp (and even seems to let you edit ruby code from a brief
> look).
>
> Looks quite slick. There is no visual editing environment but ficking
> between edit and preview tabs is very easy (not that I use visual
> editing in any of the tools I use anyway). There is a free download
> (expect it is time-limited) from http://w.panic.com/coda/
>
> Anyway, I'm not a shareholder - just tried it out and like it, thought I
> would share.

+1 from me, although I found the CSS editing tab a little overkill and
prefer to hand edit that too, but it's very nice if you're still finding
your way with CSS as it organises everything and has easy options for
all the possible attributes for an element.

I liked the sites function a lot, but it seemed quite sluggish on my old
Mac Mini.

It's not cheap enough for me to take a punt on the chance I might get
used to it and 15days trial isn't long enough for me...

might wait for a later revision.

(I still prefer TextMate and Transmit to Coda ATM)