Working with Coda
Tuesday, 1st July 2008
After my first weekend working with Coda I can pretty much sum it up in one word - wow.
This is the best editor that I’ve ever used for working with web development, and to say that it’s only an editor is not fair, it’s a full CSS editor (which I can’t really say that I use), FTP client, browser, terminal app and a code reference as well.
It all starts out with Sites, where you set up all the sites that you’ve got working on - a great way to organize all my projects - I simply love it. I just start Coda when I feel like doing some work, select my site and start working right where I left off as Coda remembers all of my open tabs & splits.
One of my favorite features is the fact that Coda remembers what items you’ve edited locally and by a single push of a button you can publish it, no more opening up a FTP client, selecting the files that have been updated and uploading them.
Splits are another great feature, having the preview of the website that you’re working on updating instantly while editing your CSS or Javascript file is a major time saver which I can’t really work without now.
I’ve found myself using almost every part of Coda and I’ve been pleasantly surprised that it actually improves my workflow a lot and just removing all of the extra hassles of working with multiple documents & tasks.
Read more about Coda over at www.panic.com/coda.
website design
try emacs. it has all the features you like and it’s free.
Peter Haza
It sounds like you like working remotely, but have you tried TextMate? Once you start learning all the advanced stuff you’ll never look back.
I prefer working locally though, and rsync my files over when I’m satisfied.
ph
Ludwig Pettersson
@Peter: I’ve tried it but I haven’t really worked with it, I’ll give it a try. I’m mostly working locally and publishing whenever I’m finished.