![]() And the inline CSS editor, which combines the flexibility of hand-coded CSS with the power of contextual visual editing options, is remarkable. A new integrated MySQL editor is fairly barebones, but it makes quick work of browsing or modifying tables and running queries. There’s a fully integrated file browser = basically a complete embedding of Panic’s Transmit - which allows you to connect to and browse FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and Amazon S3 servers. Original Coda users may need to unlearn some tics they developed for working around weaknesses in the original version, since Coda 2 generally behaves far more sanely when composing and editing code.Ĭoda 2’s MySQL editor is spartan, but it gets the job done.Ĭoda 2 integrates other new features as well. ![]() Bracketing, closing tags, and indentation all work much more naturally. General coding is improved in Coda 2, too. And you can unfold blocks by clicking on them or with a menu command or keyboard shortcut. The code folding is particularly powerful you can fold individual blocks, all blocks at a specific level, all comment blocks, and so on. ![]() Currently, that custom autocompletion only works on a per-file basis, so functions you defined elsewhere won’t autocomplete a Panic representative says that site-wide autocompletion will come eventually.Ĭoda 2 also now supports code folding, which lets you tuck away sections of code that take up valuable screen real estate, but that you don’t need constant visibility into. It (finally!) supports autocompletion for custom variables and function names. Beyond the aesthetic improvements, like better default syntax colors, the app is now functionally better at helping you write clean code faster. One of the key places Coda 2 really shines is in its upgraded code editor. Among the options the sidebar offers quick access to are Validate, Publish, Source Control Management, Places, and Hints.Ĭoda 2 can autocomplete your custom functions, and it supports code-folding for easier reading. If you prefer, you can make the tabs text only, which works fine, but the visual tab thumbnails actually make a much better use of space and feel far quicker to navigate.Īnother immediately obvious change is the redesigned sidebar, which still offers quick access to local or remote files, clips, and in-page elements, but adds numerous other options - including the ability to configure which of those options are always visible in the toolbar header. The app now uses a very cleverly implemented, resizable, visual tab bar: Your open tabs each get dynamic thumbnails and text labels, along with small identifiers that indicate file extensions when appropriate. ![]() When you start working on site, original Coda users will very quickly spot some obvious differences. The app started using my old Coda sites seamlessly. Coda 2 adds the bulk of the features I’ve craved, and also adds impressive layers of visual and functional polish.ĭon’t be surprised if Coda 2’s visual tab previews become a de facto OS X standard.Ĭoda 2 lets you organize the different projects you work on as sites. ![]() Because as much as I liked the original Coda, I didn’t love it: It was missing a couple key features, and I longed for some of those features literally every time I used the app. When Panic formally announced Coda 2, I was thrilled. It combined, in a single tabbed window, your code editor, your FTP client, your web browser, and the Terminal. For years, my software of choice as a Web coder has remained Panic’s Coda.Ĭoda dates back to 2007, and it aimed to simplify the life of the average Web developer. It used to be my fulltime job now I code an in-house tool for Macworld, and I do some side Web development projects after hours. ![]()
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