Live Life with Coda

If you haven’t checked out Coda yet, then stop right now and go take a look. You will not regret it. It seems to have caused quite a stir around the net, and with good reason. Coda moves to make other programs of its kind all but obsolete. From a developers standpoint, Coda has all the features you could dream of, and then a bit more for good measure.

So far, my favorite feature is the “Clips.” It is a great idea, and the customization options open it up so much that I can’t stop wondering what I can do with it next. I laughed when I tried out the “lorem” clip, it made so much sense I couldn’t believe no one had thought of adding this type of feature before.

I did, however, think of a nice possible addition that I think many developers would enjoy. There is a feature in Coda that allows you to highlight lines of code that have been recently edited. After turning it on, I thought to myself “Now if I could just right click on any highlighted chunk of code and undo only that piece, I would be set.” Non-linear undo-ing has been a desire for a long time, and I think Coda should be the one to perfect it. All in all, Coda has stolen my heart. And has made all the guys in the office drool for a couple days now. Thank you Panic, thank you.