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We've talked about Coda plenty here, but it was nice to find the Panic crew on the show floor and get a quick overview of Coda's interface and capabilities. If you're looking for a single tool to do web authoring, check out Sandvox, Rapidweaver, and Coda for your needs. Video after the jump.
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allonblack said 5:07PM on 1-18-2008
Wrong video ;(
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brian said 5:14PM on 1-18-2008
Thanks for the coupon code! :-)
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John Hopper said 5:23PM on 1-18-2008
I really like code, but for it to be my full-time editor, it needs to be able to:
- change file references across the site automatically (i.e. if you rename a file, all instances of it are updated)
- site-wide search/replace
- simple WYSISYG editor, for just flowing in paragraphs, bold, italic, etc.
I really want to dump GoLive... please help me! :)
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Silo said 5:36PM on 1-18-2008
I own Coda, but honestly I have to agree with the WYSIWYG assessment. Though I code in the editor alone, I find myself going back to Dreamweaver if nothing else so I can jump quickly (visually) around my code via the WYSIWYG. I also think I'd find the Coda experience much improved if they'd dump that (imo) worthless CSS builder widget and substitute a property stack ala CSSEdit to compliment the raw CSS editor.
Peter Zich said 5:50PM on 1-18-2008
I own Coda as well, and for most changes I tend to edit the files directly from the server, the problem with this is that each individual file gets cached in a separate folder, so your css and js aren't in the same place as your pages, rather irritating.
Joey said 9:17AM on 1-19-2008
"Though I code in the editor alone, I find myself going back to Dreamweaver if nothing else so I can jump quickly (visually) around my code via the WYSIWYG."
If Coda's DOM inspector worked properly and there was a dedicated live preview window you'd be fine without the WYSIWG editor. You'd just click the element in preview and it'd highlight your source in the document. Make changes and they're rendered live. It's like WYSIWYG without the crutch of bloated pre-generated code.
Ken B. said 6:05PM on 1-18-2008
Hey guys, is it just me, or is the current vogue for video clips turning this blog from a quick-loading must-view into a sluggish nightmare I'm turning to far less often? And I hate to think what it's like for anyone not on broadband. (Yes, they still do exist...)
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Kalessin said 11:36AM on 1-19-2008
Yes. I'd be much more inclined to watch videos if I could download them and stick it on my iPod.
Hickeroar said 7:33PM on 1-18-2008
I use coda for all my PHP coding. I have no use for a WYSIWYG editor and coda does a brilliant job of php recognition as well as function suggestion based on what you're typing. I also love its publish features for quick editing and uploading of files.
Really my only gripes with it are these:
You can't highlight text and press tab to tab the whole line. Instead you have to highlight the text and press cmd+[ or cmd+] to tab/untab text. it's just a departure from the norm.
Also, CMD+shift+right-arrow is often used to highlight a single line of text. CMD+shift+right-arrow selects to the end of the document. left arrow is the reverse.
cmd-z is undo, but instead of the normal cmd-y for redo you have cmd-shift-z. Small annoyance there too.
Overall it's a great app. I could get used to these changes but I'm constantly using both Flex Builder and Coda so the abrupt change can take you by surprise when you accidentally select from your cursor position to the end of the document or something like that.
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ted said 7:59PM on 1-18-2008
All of you WYSIWYG whiners need to understand - Real men use a text editor. WYSIWYG produces bad code. Sorry, but there's no way around it. I used to be Dreamweaver user and I finally saw the light. Coda is a pretty good 1.0, and I use it quite a bit even though I still favor TextMate for most coding tasks.
WYSIWYG editors are like security blankets - they make you think that they are doing you a favor and making things easier for you, but you just look like a baby when you admit to all of your friends that you still carry one around.
Seriously, the above is spoken tongue in cheek. Sort of. Or maybe not. Anyway - use a text editor and drop the WYSIWYG dependency. Your code will thank you.
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Joey said 9:13AM on 1-19-2008
I agree with you regarding the WYSIWYG thing. I'm a longtime GoLive/Dreamweaver guy (over ten years) and just this year I started hand-coding with Coda. MY sites are much more clean and my workflow is actually quite improved.
That said, I'm sorely missing a dedicated live preview window (I use dual monitors and that split screen preview only works well with a Cinema Display). This combined with the lack of a DOM inspector that highlights source (and vice versa) does make me yearn for the old WYSIWYG days. Sometimes it's just easier when you can see what you're doing.
That said I don't regret my switch to Coda. Not yet anyway.
tuaw said 11:02PM on 1-18-2008
I also own Coda and use it for PHP web development, and I have to agree that the cmd+] instead of tab and cmd+shift+z instead of cmd+y are slightly annoying, especially when you forget and use those in other apps that do it the standard "normal" way. :)
I also completely agree that the only major functionality that is missing is search/replace across all files. I also own TextMate, and that's basically all I use it for when it comes to web design.
C'mon Coda ... cmd+shift+f ... It'd be awesome! :)
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Gareth said 11:39PM on 1-18-2008
Any word on how long the promotion lasts
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ted said 9:27AM on 1-19-2008
Joey - when I use Coda, I maximize my window to the full width of the screen, and split the view in to two tabs - code on the left, preview on the right. It works quite well. I'd like to also have the option of having a floating preview window that can be moved around, but with a widescreen MBP, it's not really an issue.
The three things I really need Coda to have before I can favor it over TextMate are 1) Site wide search and replace, 2) SVN integration, and 3) Moving text clips storage out of the Preferences file and in to the Application Support folder, where they can be backed up properly.
#3 is important, because until this happens, I refuse to spend the time importing useful text clips in to Coda, because there is no way to back them up apart from the preferences file (and if that gets corrupted, you're hosed).
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Joey said 3:43PM on 1-19-2008
Ted - I have tried that on my 20" iMac however I prefer to keep my file browser a little wider and I like to keep the clips pane on the right (my background is design and I'm quite accustomed to floating palettes on the right). So yes it can work, however for people with dual screens (and there's quite a lot of us), it's just not the best use of space to cram everything on one tiny screen while leaving the other one blank.
The "official" work around for a dedicated preview window is to launch a new window, turn off the file browser, hide the toolbar and then open the document individually in each window. Once that's done you preview on one screen, edit on the other and then rinse and repeat for each new file. That's quite involved so my workaround is to keep CSS Edit open and use it' live browser until Panic decides to accommodate a multi-monitor workflow.
Antonio Holder said 2:38PM on 1-19-2008
Panic's Coda?
I has it! :p
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