Coda + EE sitting in a tree
10·Nov·07
I’ve trialled Coda (Panic‘s ‘one-window’ web development app for Mac OS X) a few times now, being a long-time Transmit enthusiast.
Until today, it’s never really stuck – I just find myself heading for several apps in several windows by default, it jars with my workflow too much. Particularly, I work a good deal of my time in Expression Engine, and while there certainly are ways of working with flat files (rather than browser-based textarea templates), it’s never really gelled with me as method I can comfortably use.
Somehow today it’s all come together for me (click image for larger image):
Wow – I now have Coda saving not only my EE control panel window settings for every site individually, but also each template is editable within Coda itself, with instant preview of changes. I’m impressed – this is workflow-changing stuff!
For those fancying a go at doing this themselves, none of this is my work.
Firstly, get yourself set up with saving out templates as files. Then read Derek Jones‘ excellent post on using Coda with Expression Engine. Follow that with Chris Ruzin‘s Expression Engine mode for Coda and the job is done.
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#1 | mmo said:
Coda looks pretty clever/user-friendly. DreamWeaver is ok, but the cost is a lot. Always nice to see the code and the viewable image side by side.
8 months, 3 weeks ago
#2 | said:
Funny, not long after I wrote this post I ditched Coda and went straight back to my tried-and-trusted Textmate+Transmit combo (with a splash of Subversion inbetween). It just never really gelled with me.
8 months, 3 weeks ago