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Coda is a one-window web development application featuring all the tools a developer needs to build the future of the web.

Features:

Integrated file browser.
Fully-featured text editor.
CSS editor.
Preview.
Built-in terminal.
Complete set of references.

What's New

Version 1.7.5:

Improves reliability of "Reload" in Preview
Restores compatibility with Growl
Fixes an issue with automatic update notifications not working

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Coda User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 1.x:

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+20

Macambulance reviewed on 09 Dec 2011

I blummin' love Coda, been using it for years. The only features I would like to see are automatic completion of hex/rgb colours while editing CSS and the ability to register custom functions for autocompletion, would really hope with WordPress development

[Version 1.7.5]

+14

Li7ard reviewed on 09 Dec 2011

Me want 2.0

[Version 1.7.5]

+162

Bumbleb commented on 16 Nov 2011

How about some fullscreen support for Lion? It's been quite a while since Lion was released and most of the other apps I use already has fullscreen support.

Come on Team Panic!

[Version 1.7.4]

+88

MacUpdate Warren reviewed on 04 Nov 2011

I recently bought a license for Coda, and I'm extremely happy with it. I'm especially enthusiastic about the CSS editor.

[Version 1.7.4]

oldman1 reviewed on 05 Oct 2011

Excellent site manager, Performs annoying and time-consuming things for you, Tag autocomplete, Easy to find what you want, Color coded, Can instantly preview in the application, Dynamic CSS editor built right in, SSH Terminal, Built-in help and tips

[Version 1.7.4]

+13

X3i commented on 18 Sep 2011

Student license for the latest Dreamweaver CS 5.5 costs $129, Coda is 100 - which one should I get? What are the pros and cons?

[Version 1.7.4]

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Loriskumo replied on 19 Sep 2011

Definitely Coda!

Dreamweaver is a web development tool of another age. It was good for table designs.
Coda is one of the best softwares I ever used!

+13

X3i replied on 19 Sep 2011

@Loriskumo: but what is Dreamweaver lacking? It supports all levels of CSS, it has a file browser etc. and it seems to be more configurable. It is also an industry standard, so learning how to use it might help in finding a job. The main difference is the price, since the regular version of dreamweaver is more than twice more expensive than Coda. But for a student it's only $30 difference

-1

Mikael B replied on 06 Oct 2011

Dreamweaver is a bigger more bloated app for sure with stuff you really don't need. To my surprise I still must say that I find DW way more suited to make modern css-oriented designs, compared Coda.

I have no idea why Coda is so weak in this department. I find Coda kludgy for CSS design. It's wonderful for HTML though. Site handling is also nice.

The main problem with Dreamweaver is that you have to learn to work around all the "old" paths of doing stuff the wrong way and you have to forget about trusting the internal preview, though if you run it via our server it's very convenient.

To be fair that's my main objection with Coda. Previews suck! I tried really hard with 1.6.10 to make it work and asked for solutions at the user list.
In the end when I demoed Coda I spent more and more time with the Web Developer plugin in Firefox than in Coda. I use my own House HTML 4/5 templates for HTML pages so what should I need Coda for? With DW I can at least get more or less instant feedback when I change CSS rules.

I reluctantly continue to use Dreamweaver CS4 and occasionally Smultron until Panic gets a grip. How hard can it be to make an app that really supports the CSS-design process? Impossible it seems.

+42

Noivad reviewed on 26 Aug 2011

I've been using coda for a few years now and it's made my life a lot easier. I used to edit in BBedit and then upload in Transmit. Then BBedit got FTP, so I thought I was set. But then I found Coda. Once I learned to set it up properly with all the paths (local and remote) set up, it was so incredibly easy to update my multiple sites I immediately bought it. I learned the ins and out of it and have really grown to love this app. It has saved me a ton of time, and Id buy it again. ($99 is not that much compared to BBEdit and Transmit combined.)

So, with that comes my criticisms:
#1: No code folding. It's been at least a year since I requested this feature. the devs replied, "Wait for Coda 2." that was a year ago.
#2: too easy to upload files to the wrong place because of lack of enough visual feedback. I could be editing on the server or the local copy and I sometimes mistake which I'm looking at. Also, without setting up paths, it's a chore to upload.
#3: The app should try to auto detect the proper paths to sync up if both directories are populated, and if it fails you should be able to navigate to each directory and click one button to edit your config file to fill in the path info for the site.
#4: Split pane could be easier to use. It's not very intuitive.
#5: I'd like to list local and remote directories side by side if I wanted to.
#6: I'd like to be able to have one window contain all the sites I'm working on and be able to control-tab through them rather than have to open separate windows.

[Version 1.7.4]

-13

Aiwe reviewed on 06 Aug 2011

I tried this app and found it great, especially useful was search through whole site files. It's approach of Sites is very useful. As for me it lacks highlighting of closing tag - I really would like to see this feature in updates, this even may incline me to buy it, despite a bit expensive price for me.

[Version 1.7.4]

+32

Diarbyrag commented on 28 Jul 2011

"semi-comically" You have to be kidding ! Gonna look that up my my old Funk & Wagnells :-)

[Version 1.7.4]

1 Reply

+32

Diarbyrag replied on 28 Jul 2011

...and yes I know it's Wagnalls

-22

Sunbeam reviewed on 27 Jul 2011

Bug fixes? I don't want bug fixes I want v2.0!!!! I'm tired of waiting. Coda is great but it was very lacking features years ago when it was first introduced and very little progress since then.

The developers have teased us with a v2 but nothing so far. The long development cycle of this company is infuriating. I use their Coda as my primary development software but, nice as it is, I"m really ready to move on to some more features.

Methinks.

[Version 1.7.4]

1 Reply

+30

Dameian replied on 04 Aug 2011

+1 Here. Coda is a well built and very useful app, but without support for basic dev features like code folding after four years I'm about ready jump permanently to TextMate w/ ExpanDrive or a similar arrangement for remotely hosted development projects.

Kendall Hopkins had trouble on 16 Jun 2010

I'm finding that this latest version of Coda isn't finding files when I use the quick open dialog (it used to). Is there a place to download 1.6.11 in the mean time?

[Version 1.6.11]

+115

Shock-J had trouble on 19 Jan 2010

WARNING.. DO NOT UPGRADE TO 1.6.9 IF YOU ARE USING SOURCE CONTROL! Just release today (1/19/10), latest version makes all your source controlled site folders under svn undetectable (it's like it can no longer see the invisible ".svn" folders). Hold off upgrading and wait for fix.

[Version 1.6.8]

1 Reply

+115

Shock-J replied on 19 Jan 2010

And just like that, it's fixed. 1.6.10 is released within hours with a fix. Now that's what I'm talking about!! Nice work Panic!!

stonevil had trouble on 03 Dec 2007

still have problem with ftp aliases.
so I can't use it. :(

[Version 1.1]

1 Reply

everyday software replied on 04 Dec 2007

Please contact Panic support at coda@panic.com so we can work with you to fix this issue.

+125

Doug S. had trouble on 08 Jul 2007

Is there a way to preview .php files without running a server environment locally? So far the only way to do it is if I run MAMP Pro when I go to preview.

[Version 1.0.3]

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meatmcguffin replied on 22 Jul 2007

Not using only Coda iteself by the look of it.

Panic - Please have a word with the guys in charge of MAMP to see if they'll let you incorporate it's awesomeness

+125

Doug S. replied on 22 Jul 2007

Indeed. I'm sure a lot of people would be willing to pay a little more (considering how good Coda is it's very cheap already) if you added such functionality as the ability to run your files locally even if they were PHP.