Coda 2 Quick Review
So I’ve been playing around with Coda 2 this morning and am fairly impressed with the improvements that have been made. Here is a summary of my thoughts so far:
The Good
- The scrolling tab bar and “super sidebar” are nice enhancements to the UI, improving workflow a fair bit.
- Built in MySQL database is handy.
- iCloud Sync for Sites & Clips will be very useful if you code on multiple machines.
- The “Group folders above files” setting in the preferences is a nice addition.
- You can now group sites.
- Tabs now work properly.
The Not So Good
- There is still no way to easily see matching brackets and HTML tags.
- Clips could appear in the automcomplete menu (ala Sublime).
- Search is still a bit clunky.
- Writing HTML could be smoother (see this tweet).
Overall it’s a big improvement and I’ll probably be switching back to Coda from Sublime Text, but not perfect. I’ll keep this list updated as I come across other points of interest.
Bonus: Get some extra colour schemes by Justin Hileman that are compatible with Coda 2.