For web development software I like to use Coda. I used other web development applications before like Aptana and a long time ago, and I mean in the days of Yore, I used Dreamweaver. Coda is a product of Panic, who makes software for Macs. They’re most commonly known for their FTP software Transmit. If you haven’t tried Coda and you have a Mac, you can download and try the free trial version for a limited time and see if you like it. I think you will and paying the extra money for the full version is worth it.
Coda has many cool functions that helps the web developer of today work that much easier. With it’s seamless integration of transmit you can upload to your remote server and update with a quick click of your mouse. With that in mind, Coda made it easy to keep track of the files you have changed on the local host so you can update only the specific files that you want.
Another cool little gadget that Coda has is something called Clips. Now this is really handy - What you can do is pre-program various wrapping tags and have a place holder marker inside of it. I know this sounds confusing, but let me try to give you an example. Let’s say you have tons of content that you have to wrap with paragraph tags. You create an opening <p> tag and a closing </p> tag with a marker for content that will go inside of it in the Clips menu and you name it Paragraphs. You then just copy your word content over to the HTML page. Next you highlight the section you want to wrap with the <p> tags and go to the Clips menu and just click on the Paragraphs name that you saved earlier and voila!, your content is magically wrapped in <p> tags. The Clips is not only limited to wrapping content, it can also be used to save code or any other markup that you’re going to use a number of times through out your site. I call that a time saver.
Okay, I only have time for one more nifty function and that is Coda lets you invite your co-workers into a specific page that you want them in. If I want Rob or Julian to look at my code I can select the invite tab and click on any of their names and then they will be able to view or change anything on my markup. The only thing they can’t do is save their changes. I believe the invite function works through Bonjour.
There are many more cool aspects of Coda that I could of gone and discuss, but I leave the exploring up to you.
No comment yet
Don't be shy, express yourself ! ;)