KRISTINE_NX  I love this app. Great response time from the developer. I just wish an educational discount was offered. The price tag isn't overly priced just slightly out of my price range at the moment. I'm hoping that it will be an MU discount soon.   
(Version 1.6.7)

NNTH  I've purchased Coda 2 weeks ago but have no need to use it now! I just feel it's a big waste (bought it at 99$ price-tag) if I just leave it alone. I'd like to transfer the license (50% or lower the price) to the one who really need it!

Contact me at : it.trunghieu [at] gmail.com  
(Version 1.6.5)

DEWEYACCOUNTS  I honestly can't see anything that this product would add to my workflow. Textmate, TextWrangler, CSSEdit and a little Expresso is all you'll ever need.

The one-window thing just doesn't work for me. I don't even see an $85 value here. It looks like the icon designer may be getting a commission. And I'm sorry but after Transmit, I'm not ever buying another piece of software from Panic.

They don't respond to criticism very well. They don't like feature requests apparently. They think they know everything about making software that is wonderful, awesome, intuitive, etc. etc.....  
(Version 1.6.5)

MLOADER  This is a true Mac app. I got tired of the flakiness and bloat of Dreamweaver but my biggest beef was how un-mac it was. How long has OS X been out? Adobe still writes Carbon apps. It is very clear Dreamweaver is a Windows app first then a Mac port.

I tried other apps out there and most looked promising, but Coda is the quickest — usability speaking. I rarely have to use my mouse. I got a plugin that changes the focus of the file browser to the file editor and I can fly through directories, open files, switch sites, preview without ever touching my mouse.

Gui is awesome, tools are great and the one window makes it easy to keep organized.   
(Version 1.6.5)

MOREFOOD  Comparing Dreamweaver CS3 to Coda, I quickly stuck with Coda, since it works exactly as it should and does not crash. The only extra feature that I would like to see is a better debugging option, but at the moment Safari does that job.

If the people at Apple are smart, they add Coda to the Snow Leopard XCode Tools, to offer a broader spectrum of coding tools, expecially since they dropped the "me" personal websites.

To the developers: I keep discovering new features, which makes Coda a joy to use.

*PHP, Perl, python and HTML developer*  
(Version 1.6.4)

APPLEHC  I tried BBEDit (just overloaded) and Expresso (via MacHeist bundle. Nice, but sure not ready for primetime) Now I tried Coda. I love it: It will keep all my PHP and HTLM files up-to date with the local SVN repository I am using. And it will upload all changes via simple commands. You can even add folders or files to your projects and they will show up in the SVN by "magic" :)

Highly recommended!  
(Version 1.6.4)

JBLAKEH900  Unable to justify Adobe's steep upgrade prices for CS4, I started looking for alternatives to what has become a bloated, slow and expensive suite of software tools. Switching from Dreamweaver to Coda has been a welcome surprise.

Coda is much cheaper than Dreamweaver, and lighter - 50MB vs. Dreamweaver's 400MB+, faster, and much more intuitive. The feature set is more useful and lacks the bloat that has made Dreamweaver such a slug.

The interface is gorgeous compared to the mess of palettes in Dreamweaver - the CSS editing mode is brilliant, and the text hinting while editing code is beautifully implemented. I haven't used the terminal tools yet, as I am more of a designer than a programmer.  
(Version 1.6.4)

EGAMI  Coda just slays (it is amazing)! I recently ditched Dreamweaver for this program, purchased a license and have never looked back. The application is so fast, intuitive and overall fun to work with that it makes something that has the potential to be insanely boring (coding), into exciting stuff!

This new update (1.6.4) is very good and I am glad that it fixes both the issue with the code navigator and the comment tag where Coda would insert a ">" in the middle.

Keep up the good work guys!  
(Version 1.6.4)

HIHAGEN  The best tool for coding! I use it for my PHP and XML work.  
(Version 1.6.3)

JOEYA  Coda is easily the best web IDE on the market for front end designers like myself. TextMate and BBEdit seem to have better support for web based scripting languages while Coda appears to be aimed more at the X/HTML CSS crowd. As I typically build web-based templates or static websites, the default toolset in Coda suits me nicely.

That said, the CSS editor (as of 1.6.2) is pretty much useless. Without a dedicated live preview window, editing CSS via the provided visual tools requires multiple screen splits. You need one split for the page and one for the CSS editor. Even worse you need to toggle both splits to edit mode to have access to markup. It's about the most clumsy implementation of a CSS editor I've ever seen. Considering I'm using 4 monitors, it's a bit absurd to have all of my stuff crammed into just one screen however that's the only option as Coda makes no use of a multiple monitor workflow.

Coda's text editor is better, though it doesn't necessarily compare to TextMate or BBEdit in terms of robustness. Here again Coda offers no dedicated preview window so you end up playing the toggle back and forth game as you develop. Even still, the ability to set a local preview URL allows you to preview dynamic content via a local server so I've generally been pleased with the feature set here.

FTP, SVN, Terminal and books are icing on the cake. I'd suggest that the FTP could be more full featured (especially since these guys make Transmit) but it's functional. And in many ways that seems to be the running theme with Coda. It's a jack of all trades, master of none. But Panic is a good company that listens to their customers so I expect big things from 2.0.  
(Version 1.6.2)

NIAMOR  Nobody talk about the plugin creator... Really cool free addon !!!

The best software i've used ever!  
(Version 1.6.2)

RMATHEW1973  I've never written a review before, but this piece of software so inspired me that I felt I had to. It has to be the best web development IDE I've used by far and I've used a lot. Keep up the good work. The only things I would like to see would be code folding, php debugging(would be nice, but not required because I understand that the tool encompasses more than one server side technology)and a gui designer with the basic html tag types and drag and drop ability. Another cool thing would be to have a graphical mysql editor. Regardless of the suggestions, It's still an awesome tool.   
(Version 1.6.2)

JAN13   Simply the best. Do not leave home with out it ... !!!  
(Version 1.6.2)

HIHAGEN  Very useful for me!!

... I am leaving CS3/4 with all the fancy template stuff ...  
(Version 1.6.2)

GNDZAPP  As far as an all-in-one development tool for web designers and coders, Coda sets the bar. 'nuff said :)  
(Version 1.6.1)

JAZZJOHANNES  All very nice and office like,

but not useful for actual web-design.

Every web-developer needs freeform CSS editing!!  
(Version 1.6)

AJOE  Wow! This just keeps getting better and better.

Every time I look at a new language or framework, I start looking to see if I need another IDE. But I pop open Coda and it does it all, and better than any of the others.

One of the best software investments I have ever made!  
(Version 1.6)

TRENTI  Unfortunately the "Publish" button has gone in Coda 1.5.

After editing files, they have been marked with a little up arrow for publishing. Very useful, but no longer available in version 1.5 it seems...Strange  
(Version 1.5)

KRYSIA  I absolutely LOVE Coda!

I'm a far cry from an expert at web design or coding, but I've found Coda way easier to use than GoLive (which I promptly chucked) and more useful overall that TextWrangler.

I'm still new to exploring Coda, but my understanding is that one *is* able to view more than one file at a time in split-windows to compare files. I haven't done that yet (expect by mistake); perhaps there's more to what the previous reviewer meant with regard to comparisons.

Regardless, I'm very pleased with Coda and also love how it works seamlessly with Transmit (which I've used for years). I look forward to their continued progress.  
(Version 1.5)

CESCO  I patiently waited 9 months to see a new release, and it's still missing code folding / unfolding, that is a vital feature for anyone that writes a lot of PHP code... I'm disappointed.  
(Version 1.5)

FORMI  a great tool, but no diff tool ,no ebook content search, no other version control system support ,not svn.(http://www.macpai.com.cn)  
(Version 1.5)

WEB-JIVE  After all this time, CODA STILL doesn't have a file comparison tool like BBEdit and others.. sheesh..

That is one of the most used features of many editors. Open 2 files, compare the contents and selectively choose which likes to insert or delete.

I'll keep waiting. Until then, I'll march on with BBEdit.  
(Version 1.5)

IERIKA  THE UPDATE IS SO WORTH IT!  
(Version 1.5)

IERIKA  They have abandoned Coda. If theyre going to release an update, make sure that it will be worth it. It's half a year now.  
(Version 1.1)

BOOTHEFOX  Oh, phhleeease make the 'code folding' available already - everything under one roof is great, but scrolling through 5000 lines is a nightmare...  
(Version 1.1)

BUMBLEB  Now were in JUNE and last update was back in November 2007. Most of the updates since the release of version 1.0 has been very minor, yet Coda still lacks in many simple aspects, yet very annoying in daily use. These have been reported to Panic, but met with apathetic responses.

If Panic was a stock I'd sell my stock right away. The company seems to be going nowhere. Their good reputation is a legacy at best.

Harsh words, but think about it - they won an Apple Developer Award for Coda, and received so much good press upon the release, yet this is how they chosen to maintain that hype...

Bullshit to me. Pure bullshit.  
(Version 1.1)

RADD  I really want to like Coda enough to switch to it as it has a number of great ideas. However, there are a few things that hold it back compared to editors that are more fully-featured on the text-editing side.

- Diff support: As far as I can tell, there is no method of diffing files, perhaps other than doing it through the terminal.

- Large files: forget opening large files. Coda crawls to a halt in a huge way in it's current state. It seems to be built for rather small files, which is fine, but it needs to be able to handle files of a few thousand lines to meet my needs.

- Online collaboration of files is wonky: I can get SubEthaEdit itself working in this regard quite easily, but Coda wants to create URLs to my shared files that will only work on an internal network (machine.local), even when it works fine when shared to the outside world. Compared to the newest SubEthaEdit's method of sharing files with the outside world, Coda is a hassle right now.

- Clip library: It's nice that I can auto-complete, but compared to the added clip features in BBEdit, Coda's clips palette is rather lacking.

Don't get me wrong, Coda is at a nice start, but the core of the tool for me is the editor, which just doesn't compare to something like BBEdit right now.

It's nice to have everything under one roof... but I wasn't really having trouble with my apps not playing nice with each other before anyway. At least not enough to warrant giving up power features that I need for a little less window switching.

I'm looking forward to future development, but until my top 4 improvements hit, I just can't make the jump, sadly.  
(Version 1.1)

BUMBLEB  I wish Panic would update this app a lot more frequently than they do. It almost feels like they've abandoned Coda, which I logically find hard to believe.

Also, they still have the introductory offer active: "quick! for a limited time, you can get coda for only $79" which also gives me the impression they've either forgotten to maintain their website, or haven't sold as many Coda licenses they would have hoped. It's just that Coda was introduced exactly one year ago, back in april 2007. So, it's been a while now...

But, why would I want more frequent updates? Simply because Coda is not at all at a state I would call perfect. If you open a project/site, without an internet connection, all online-tabs will be forgotten. Very annoying, since sometimes Airport fails.

More problematic is that my MBP freeze / hang frequently lately, curiously whenever I have Coda open. And Coda is always the last culprit seen in the Console, with some nasty bugs. I will report that to their support, but so far I haven't been all that impressed with their support, so time will tell I guess...

I hope they're spending their time on a killer version 1.5 update. But given the pace since Coda's introduction a year ago, I'm not so confident in that.  
(Version 1.1)

BCWINTERS  I've been a long time hand-coder, using BBEdit and Transmit as two of my core tools. But facing a long slog of debugging PHP code on the server side seemed kind of headachey without a good live preview, so I thought I'd give Coda a try.

It is without a doubt a supremely polished piece of software--no crashes in 20 hours of (almost completely intuitive) use over the last two days. For those looking for a change from a multi-program workflow, or those stepping from Dreamweaver into more hand-coding, it's a great choice.

I can certainly think of a few feature improvements and tweaks I'd love to see: the Convert to ASCII tool isn't smart at all the way BBEdit's is; the Clips window is trendy but kind of gets in the way (and Clips could use better keyboard shortcut support); it would be great to limit text line length while still providing a nice wide web preview window; file listings can't be sorted.

But all in all, this is a terrific program that just helped me through a complicated project quite ably, even though I was using the demo (how awesome that it's totally not crippled). It might be hard to justify purchasing it since I already have a great FTP program and a great text editor, but I'm sure a few more upgrades and development cycles will make it irresistible  
(Version 1.1)

STONEVIL  still have problem with ftp aliases.

so I can't use it. :(  
(Version 1.1)

TEKSESTRO  This app is a little GEM! Outstanding!

I've been using it for development of Ruby on Rails apps, and it has certainly added to the fun. Having the built-in terminal, preview and editor panes certainly helps minimise the screen clutter.

But where it really gets you is in the 'eye-candy'. The DOM inspector, the graphical CSS editor, code snippets, visual RegEx builder... and to top it off, code hints and online reference for php, javascript and html built right in. Fantastic!  
(Version 1.1)

AJOE  OUTSTANDING!!!

I've used a lot of web development apps, but this is by far my favorite. Great features, ease of use, and exceptional flexibility.  
(Version 1.0.5)

WELDED  Coda is a brilliant v1.0 product and well worth the price. That said, there are a few omissions I hope/expect to see in future versions (SVN, global find/replace to name 2) but as it is, I can more than recommend this app to any web developer.  
(Version 1.0.5)

AEON  Seems to be some sort of problem with the zip archive of 1.0.5. It won't expand - gives me an error. Panic's website also seems to be having serious problems.  
(Version 1.0.5)

CORPSECORPS  This is currently my favorite editor by a pretty large margin.

I used to use BBEdit but it just doesn't have the clean interface this does, and it has a lot of arcane features i don't need.

Coda has what i need so far, and includes some very nice touches.  
(Version 1.0.4)

DOUG S.  I've been working strictly in Coda for development on my latest project and I've come across two possible additions that would make Coda all the better:

(1) Automatically, or via a menu item or right-click, turn any symbol into it's HTML equivalent. & to & and — to – and so on.

(2) Auto-formatting. So I can select a block of text and it will remove all the extra spaces, tab it out to the level it should... But more (and this is where I need it most) when I copy content into Coda it will put all the lines together for me so I don't have to join each line of a paragraph up myself.  
(Version 1.0.3)

MIKE RATT  This is not a WYSIWYG html editor, is a BBEdit for novices.  
(Version 1.0.3)

DOUG S.  Something I noticed that Coda has over Dreamweaver is the ability to use Tiger's built-in spell-checker. By right-clicking and selecting Spelling>Check Spelling as you Type I can have all my text spell-checked which you can't do in Dreamweaver without getting special menus and such out.

The reason I mention this though is that it spell-checks things like "href" and other terms that aren't in any English dictionary. A nice feature addition would be to have Coda only spell-check things between tags.

It's things like this that are going to make me permanently switch from Dreamweaver to Coda. Keep up the great work guys! Small thing I know but it's the small things that makes Coda the best.  
(Version 1.0.3)

DOUG S.  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)

TEKSESTRO  CODA is not just 'usable', it is fantastic. It not only saves on screen clutter, but it does make editing several different types of files (html, php, sql, css, etc.) much easier than with a multitude of different specialised programs.

Although the other, specialised programs may have more/more fine-tuned controls for their specific use, I have found that even on *very* complex projects I have not needed to 'switch back' to my previous apps.

Considering that CODA is still in version 1, its interface is *very* polished, and the only challenge the developers will face is trying to keep it simple, as they will undoubtedly add a myriad of extra features in versions to come.  
(Version 1.0.3)

STONEVIL  have problem with ftp aliases.  
(Version 1.0.3)

STONEVIL  it's not bad.

but still have many problems with ftp.

it's not support aliases on ftp.  
(Version 1.0.3)

CHARLES FAHEY  This is simply a fantastic application. I code in a variety of languages, all of which are now supported in Coda. A "one window workflow" is far more amazing than it sounds. I can literally upload changes and preview the result in seconds, make another change, upload and check again. For a version 1 product this is incredible. I encourage anyone to try the 14-day demo.  
(Version 1.0.3)

SVAN  I love it. I love it. It is excellent peace of software. After working with coda for one day I miss just one feature. Please make a dialog window to choose a picture in CSS edit. I am lazy to type image address in the box. It would be much easier just to pick a file.   
(Version 1.0.1)

JUSTAL  I like it, I like it, I like it....

Currently I use PageSpinner, Cyberduck and TextWrangler, but on the face of it Coda seems to fulfill most of my needs in one integrated and VERy nice looking app..

There are a few things missing, but this is only version 1.01

One thing that I would really like to see is a batch find tool allowing you to search within multiple files, especially all the files within a 'site'

Also when window is split it would be nice if the tab across the top showed both of the files within the split.

Some sort of image support should be built in too... I want to be able to drag an image into an html file and let Coda automatically insert the tag complete with attribute such as src, height, width etc... Or have a button that brings up an html helper window in the way that Pagespinner does

The auto-complete feature seems to work well with PHP though, I may have to get used to using that.

All in all it looks very promising, but could do with just a few more useful features to make it worth the purchase.  
(Version 1.0.1)

FORREST  I found the TidBits review right on. For those of us who like to hand code, Coda isn't quite there, yet. The text editor should be more robust, commands for making upper and lower case, for example. It is a great start, but I'll stick with my TextWrangler, CSSEdit, PageSpinner, and Transmit combo for now.  
(Version 1.0.1)

INFINITELINE  This is a promising start and I'm this close to buying it, but it's just missing a feature or two that would make it a no-brainer purchase. Like other comments, the interface is slick and pleasant to use. Also, you can edit directly from your remote source, this allows for proper display of pages using php, server-side code, etc. The included reference books and validation work well and are polished. Coda also seems pretty stable; it only crashed on me once during a few days of work.

As far as the missing... The current level of integration that we see in the interface is not carried over to the underworkings. One example of this is that the styles of html files with linked style sheets are not recognized when you switch to the css editor. Also, there is no shortcut to apply any styles within the code editor (you should be able to select text and click on a style to format it). This highlights the current anemia of features that are needed when writing code from scratch. The auto-complete and blockedit functions are nice. Nonetheless, more options to avoid typing (perhaps similar to TextMate's bundles) seem necessary to bring Coda up to speed.

To summarize my list of needed features:

better integration of css and html markup within the code editor (i.e., select text... use a contextual menu to make it an anchor or apply a style)

more site management features (i.e., link checking)

better use of images/media - when I drag a picture into a html document, it should insert the image as a link into the code (complete with attributes). Image info should also include dimensions and perhaps even color palette.

Overall, a good start from the Panic team. I will likely buy Coda in the future, especially if the above features are implemented. Future releases will likely make Coda an indispensable and useful tool for web development.  
(Version 1.0)

DOUG S.  This is an amazing tool, great for those of us who like to code by hand when possible! The user interface is extremely clean and is very clear and takes almost no time to feel comfortable in. It's also got great CSS support, which is something not all of them can say.

My only complaint is the PHP support, it's non-existant. If you use a .php extension instead of .html (like you are supposed to when doing PHP in your code) nothing shows up in preview except the source code. This is a major drawback because I have to upload every time I want to check how the site looks, which is constantly.

Maybe I've missed something and there is actually a way to preview this but until there is I'm not going to switch over from Dreamweaver, no matter how much better of a UI this has.  
(Version 1.0)

WHEELERW123  Amazing! I love it! Though, remember this is not a WYSIWYG editor. It is for people who code by hand.   
(Version 1.0)

DMU  And I was a TextWrangler, CyberDuck, Safari guy... until now. All I can say is FINALLY! OS X has been lacking something this elegant, and comprehensive since its inception. Everytime I think a good candidate is on the way (Contribute, NVU, Sandvox), they prove under-developed, buggy, or simple template-based toothlessness. This gets it right on most every count. I bought it already. Bravo! And thank you!  
(Version 1.0)

BEBDABHRHBRWEFG 3R§5Y5H4WTEDSFB  i pretty much agree with what MACD says below. i'm currently a textmate, CSSedit, iterm and transmit user and in order to tempt me away from that toolkit, coda needs to at least equal, if not better each of those individual apps [we'll assume it's achieved that, as far as transmit is concerned!]

of all the tools in coda, only the CSS editor seems to achieve that. i could easily switch from CSSedit to coda's CSS editor [you can always use coda's 'edit' mode if you want to switch to hand-coding your CSS].

coda's terminal is fine, but it lacks iterm's tabs. not a show-stopper, but i've kinda got used to being able to have more than one terminal session open in the same window at the same time.

again, the editor is fine. anyone coming to coda as a foray into the world of hand-coding after cutting their teeth on dreamweaver will probably deem it more than adequate. as a textmate user tho', i find it a bit underpowered, especially for things like marking up HTML from existing text, where textmate really excels.

apart from the [dare i say "lickable"?] GUI, coda does have some really nice features. the 'books' section which integrates online manuals for HTML, CSS, javascript and PHP is great and i could see myself using that a lot. let's hope more 'titles' are added to the bookshelf as the app develops.

all in all a really impressive debut and probably a good punt for anyone new to hand-coding who fancies building up a decent toolkit quickly and relatively cheaply but, for me, $80 is a bit of a hefty price tag for the marginal convenience of not having to apple+tab amongst my current crop of web dev apps.  
(Version 1.0)

MACD  Well it's cool that the app is getting 5-star reviews, but I'd like to add some cricital input here.

The application is a very nicely made visually and will definitely find its place in many web developers' toolkits.

However, the app is 1.0 and it shows. Basically, Coda no better than tasks-oriented tools.

CSS editor's interface, though is OK, really lacks CSS Edit's layout where you can edit by hand AND using visual tools at the same time. A real show-stopper for hardcore coders (working in not a sec to waste mode ;)

Edit is fine, ok. But the parser is a little dumber than I would like it to be. It's fine for HTML (though I'd like it to parse site's CSS definitions and offer to auto-complete when I enter   
(Version 1.0)

OSXFACTOR  Panic hit it out of the park. They saw a void on the Mac for a great, "all in one" web development IDE, and they built it. This has to be the best 1.0 product I think I've had the pleasure of using. I'm still hoping for Subversion integration, and they could definitely add some more features to the text editor (HTML tidy is sorely needed). But even with those subtractions, it is still the best out there. Top notch.  
(Version 1.0)

DEBTMAN7  Wow, this one is impressive. Absolutely beautiful interface, and functionally quite nice as well. I think it will be my new editor of choice. I only wish for a few features that may someday come. First, it'd be awesome to have integrated svn/cvs support. Secondly, a built in php debugger would kick some butt. And finally, I'm dreaming but keeping in line with the all in one functionality, a built in sql client would be totally awesome.  
(Version 1.0)

WIDGETMAN  Coda is incredible. It has an excellent interface for one thing, and has nice Transmit integration. The built-in editor is very cool (they even use their own font "Panic Sans"). All of this is nice, but for me the major winning feature is the code autocompletion and suggestions popup in the editor. Good syntax highlighting, nice built-in ssh mode and a nice graphical css editor (not quit as powerful as CSSEdit but very very adequate). I have nothing bad to say, I am going to be purchasing a copy and highly recommending it to others.

Download it already!  
(Version 1.0)

BACCHUS  Wow. Do the folks at Panic ever make a mistake.

Everything in Coda is amazing, it's so intuitive it's scary.

Auto completion works great, the sites page is amazing, inline ftp, preview, all of it amazing.

One thing I did notice, doesn't seem to like flash, but hardly a dealbreaker.

Bought and paid for this morning about an hour after release.  
(Version 1.0)