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Panic Coda

April 25th, 2007

Panic Inc have just released their new Mac application, Coda. This came to our attention initially because we’re also developing something called CODA, albeit in a very different space. Pity, but there are lots of other codas out there (codi? codae?), so I guess there’s room for us all!

Anyway, I had a bit of a play with Panic’s app last night and it’s very cute. Panic are the guys who make Transmit, widely acknowledged as the best FTP app for the Mac, or, it is generally agreed, for any platform. So new products are watched with interest.

CODA is an editor for web developers. It’s not a Dreamweaver or anything like that, but for those (like me) who want to write HTML and CSS directly, it’s a very nice package. When you open a ‘site’ you get tabs for source editing, CSS editing, preview, and an SSH terminal, all with file access provided by their FTP/SFTP/Webdav engine.

Panic Coda

This sounds like the dreaded Swiss-Army-knife approach and could be a complex mess, but the creators have drawn it all together in a seamless and exceedingly elegant package, that I find rather tempting…

Here, and here are a couple of reviews if you want more details and some screenshots.

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-71 Comments

Hey, thanks for mentioning my review of Coda. I’ve since posted some Coda tips: 30 Panic Coda Tips and Tricks.

Enjoyed your site. Nice tip about Always Open With.

Nice tips – thanks.

Coda’s growing on me, but also, very occasionally, crashing on me. Not frequently enough, so far, to put me off it.

There are one or two features in TextMate that I really rather like, though, and might find it hard to give up…

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