Coda vs. BBEdit

robertman11 Level 3

October 4, 2012, 9:32 pm

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Of the two, which do you prefer? I have both BBEdit 10 and Coda 2 but I always find myself using Coda 2 for projects and editing on the fly files with BBEdit. I really like them both, tbh.

Coda 2 vs BBEdit, which do you prefer?

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ionicware

ionicware

I have both Coda 2 and BBEdit 10. Both have their cons and pros and both are great pieces of software. I use them both too but if I had to pick one and only one, I'd go with Coda 2. I love the way you can group projects with it and the file browser is amazing.

BBEdit 2's remote file browser is a bit different. While good, it isn't as convenient as Coda 2's right hand menu file browser which allows me to quickly open new files.

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Ashleebrady

Ashleebrady

I use them both too but if I had to pick one and only one, projects and editing on the fly files with BBEdit.

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ionicware

ionicware

Yeah, I have to admit BBEdit is much faster and I use it more often "on the fly".

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RichardSamuel69

RichardSamuel69

Hi, I have tried out both but BBEdit is much better and faster. You can try it.

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giffy

giffy

i use both

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robertman11

robertman11

i use both

But which do you prefer?

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JohnnyCash

JohnnyCash

I'm a big fan of coda, but it really lacks some key features of coding.

self-realization by one. it does not add a closing tag for you.
also follows the conventions OS X keyboard with arrow keys that make it difficult to jump between the code bits. in fact I'll go so far as to say that I miss the ability to jump between words on the windows. their different key combinations in OS X for all applications. I would like to know more about osx and could solve it. But I digress.

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owen100

owen100

I been using BBedit for about 1 years now and was very happy with it's light weight feel. But i never got the auto-complete feature working properly. Even with v9.So i've done some tests on coda and this feature works extremely well there.

Does anybody know how to get the auto-complete feature working on BBedit? And if not, does anybody know if there is a big difference in the workflow between the both editors?

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robertman11

robertman11

I didn't even realize that BBEdit had it to be honest. I knew it had the text expander feature which is amazing but not the auto complete.

I'm on the fence about the auto complete in Coda. Sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it, lol. It doesn't work with smarty syntax and can sometimes just be frustrating.

I've recently been playing with projects on BBedit. While it is a real pain to setup (why can't it import remote ssh structure and files), it is very awesome once setup.

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