Coda – the new Dreamweaver?
by leon on October 15, 2007
I have started using a new tool when coding my sites – Coda. This tool in my opinion beats Dreamweaver on a number of points, amongst which the simple but useful tool bar that features:
- A proper preview – Unlike Dreamweaver, Coda uses your favourite browser to render a preview of your page (if you use Dreamweaver you will understand what I mean, a site never looks the same in the ‘Designer’ tab. Its easy to switch to preview as you don’t even need to leave the application.
- A good file browser – That allows you to view remote and local files and offers syncronisation between them. A nice feature is that if you are within a sub-folder on the local site you can publish directly to its equivalent on the root with one click.
- Editor – does exactly what it says. Colour coded for various types of code.
- CSS editor – allows you to easily edit your css files
- Terminal – Allows an SSH connection so you can remotely edit your server
- Books – features full books for quick reference to web related topics.
- Cover flow – A graphical representation of all your sites. Simply click the preview to launch the site.
Coda isn’t free, its about £40 for a single license. Try it out and give it a go, i’m sure you will agree its a bit easier than Dreamweaver to use. Head over to the Coda site for a better review.
One comment
Too bad it’s just Mac. DW is a little quirky, but if you don’t have a PhD in coding, it does the trick. I personally use these extensions: http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productdetails.asp?PID=110&WAAID=649
They save an immense amount of repetitive coding and allow me to build better sites at a lower budget for my clients.
by Ryan on February 4, 2008 at 7:50 pm. #