Coda

Coda has been released recently, it is a complete web development tool from Panic (Who make Transmit).

Looks quite good, thumbnails for each site, local/remote editing, editor and even a terminal!

Have a look here:- http://www.panic.com/coda/

I asked them a couple of questions and they got back to me very quickly, see below for their responses. Overall I think it is a good start but I won't be using it for professional development just yet.

1. Is there going to be a plugin engine for Coda or is there one included?

<blockquote>We are researching this now. Possibly in the future!</blockquote>

2. Can subversion be easily integrated into Coda? Commit commands etc

<blockquote>This is a feature we plan to add.</blockquote>

3. Can syntax colouring be modified and are there any themes?

<blockquote>Yes, it can be modified in the Preferences. </blockquote>

4. Does the syntax colouring work with multiples languages in the same document? For example if PHP outputs javascript would the syntax colouring still work within the editor?

<blockquote>At this time, documents are limited to one "mode". We are working on this. </blockquote>

5. Does the reference manual integrate with the editor? So PHP, Javascript etc functions appear with autocomplete?

<blockquote>Yes.</blockquote>

6. Does the software support file locking? or even better version control?.

<blockquote>Not a this time.</blockquote>

7. When "Live" editing does the software sync the local version?

<blockquote>That's a good question. I'll have to research it! :)</blockquote>

8. Can multiple instances of local versions be updated? So in other words mirrored local copies for backups.

<blockquote>You can use the File browser to do all sorts of file operations -- duplicates, uploads, whatever -- so it's really up to you.</blockquote>

9. Is cloaking supported? E.g. the ability to sync files but cloak others from being updated. We may have assets folders with PSDs which we don't want uploaded.

<blockquote>This is not possible at this time -- Coda doesn't really have a "synchronization" engine.</blockquote>

10. Does the editor support customisable keyboard commands? For example does the editor use Home and End correctly on the keyboard, can you indent code with tab etc.

<blockquote>All of these commands work, but keyboard commands are not customizable at this time.</blockquote>