So I have been using Coda for awhile now. I was an old Dreamweaver guy, but that always seemed like such an overkill for my work. I never used the design view, I always prefer to write my markup by hand. So I checked out Panic’s Coda.
I have to say the I like the interface. It is clean and simple. Also, I like how easy it is to split screens between code view and live preview. Escpecially now that I came across the quick tutorial about using Coda’s live preview and EE templates saved as files. It makes developing EE sites even more pleasurable.
I came across a neat little feature that I knew existed, but never used until today. Usually, I have a browser open when developing an EE site that has the user guide at my disposal. I search for whatever I am looking for, then switch back to Coda and press on. I accidently pressed the books button instead of terminal. I knew Coda came with some reference docs like HTML, PHP, and Javascript. But, I did not realize that you could add more books there.
I added the Expression Engine user guide there. Now I just have to click the tab next to the template I am working on and everything is there for me. Since adding a book is as easy as adding a URL, I also added the EE forum as another book. I can now integrate with the EE community right from Coda and my browser doesn’t even have to be open. I think this will help my workflow, now It won’t be so easy to open a new tab and get distracted by reading blogs, or using StumbleUpon.
Anyway, I just thought I would share and see if anyone else using Coda has any tweaks that they use that helps them in their EE development.