Coda 1.6 released, offers plug-in support

Firebug plugin for Coda plz, kthxbye :)

still no code-folding?! Already v1.6 and still NO code-folding, this makes me a sad panda and forces me to use the heavy Aptana Studio.

I like Panic and I've tried to switch to Coda a few times in the past. True power for me is textmate, transmit and sequel pro.

These tools make working on windows an ordeal, although, e text-editor is a reasonable clone, it just doesn't feel right.

I'm now a full time mac developer/designer!

I use dreamweaver for CSS stuff (for the live preview)
Transmit to FTP
XCODE for the Objective-c
TextMate for Ruby, PHP and C. TextMate is my favorite. Its completion and indenting are TOP NOTCH, also being able to run my Ruby code without having to switch into terminal is AWESOME.

I by no means did any in depth analysis but the plugin architecture and purpose for Espresso and Coda are a horse of a different color. Espresso is based on XML through and through while Coda requires an app provided by them or Cocoa programming (I do Cocoa development). Their goals also seem quite different. From what I can tell Coda's plugins are for running specific commands in a non-proactive role. This can be incredibly powerful but much of Espresso's architecture is about creating Intellisense/Code Sense functionality in addition to the command like options. Right now I use TextMate and I don't see either really replacing it but I will tell you I would enjoy some Coda/Xcode style Code Sense in Textmate which is why Espresso is intriguing to me because to my knowledge Coda doesn't have any way to put 3rd party languages in there w/o Panic providing it (I could be wrong and would love to know if I am).

I have the beta of Espresso but I wouldn't dare comment on it as it is a far cry from what the final product is described as. I'm not saying they won't get there and in a timely manner I'm just saying the versions out there are so far from being hooked up that nobody should even use it as an indication of what the final product will be like.

I've used Coda, and while I like it for working on basic web site work (get in, get out), I use ActiveState's Komodo IDE for all of my web application development. I just don't think anyone can beat it. I buy one license, and I can carry it anywhere, and on Win/Lin/Mac.

Of course if $99 is expensive, Komodo will seem outrageous, but it's my right hand, and it helps me earn my income. They do have a free "Komodo Edit" version, with only a few features left out, so if you are on a low budget, that's a good choice!

I've used Coda on and off the past month or so and it is pretty good, but I still can't let go of BBEdit. I've been using BBEdit since version 3 and the killer feature for me is it's powerful grep implementation. I'll admit that most other editors are pretty slick, but until they can at least equal BBEdit's powerful search and replace I'm sticking with the old man on the block.

WOWOW. Talk about making my day easier!

Some notes to Yaphi et. al. :)

1. Open Quickly automatically limits searches to your site's ("Project", if you will) folder, and intelligently only includes web-related matches. So, you're fine.

2. The limitations you raise with "Clips" are valid, but are almost all fixable by using Coda Plug-ins. You can even try importing your favorite TextMate Bundle Commands using the Coda Plug-in Creator.

2. Coda has definitely never been $30. :)

Thanks for your feedback!

I bought Coda when 1.5 came out and hoped that it had caught up to Textmate in terms of speed and power (editor wise). While the plugins add some nice possibilities, Coda is still missing some *key* features here.

* When typing a tab-triggered Clip, indentation of the closing tag is always (!!!) wrong.

* You are only allowed one Selection Insertion, making quick stub work in clips impossible

* The Quick Find is actually an implementation of Spotlight?! In Textmate it just shows the files in the current project. I am going to be accidentally opening random files from within Coda? Ugh...

These three bullets make it impossible to move from Textmate. The plugins feature brings things oh so close!