Comments on: Smultron vs Coda

By: mike

mike — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:07:10 +0000

For big projects, I use NetBeans. Auto code completion, code colouring, integrated PHP documentation, integrated ftp client (have to manually update the files though, which might be a good idea sometimes )
It’s written in Java so it is a bit heavy, but anyway, I love it !

By: brent erb

brent erb — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:28:00 +0000

I’ve recently switched to the Mac OS X 10.5.8. Filezilla and Smultron are my first choices for managing my websites, though I can’t seem to get them to communicate on my new system.

I’ve selected ‘Use custom editor:’ “/Applications/Smultron.app” to no avail. When I try to open a file to edit, it opens in Safari, ignoring my Smultron command.

Any suggestions?

By: Rosie

Rosie — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:58:37 +0000

Hey

Nice article…. pretty much in the same position. Use Smultron although dribbling at thought of Coda. I use CuteFTP which works nicely with Smultron for me so I am not that worried about the lack of intergration.
One day I might get Coda……

By: nickv

nickv — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:57:05 +0000

Yeah smultron definitely has it’s downsides. The code colouring was a little jarring going from Coda to Smultron. After a few weeks of use I didn’t notice the difference though.

Update: Coda now costs $99. For the average hobby programmer this may be a bit expensive, but it’s still good value for the money.

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:05:07 +0000

I’m using Coda, but I use Cyberduck for SFTP (because the structure of folders in my remote server is slightly different that the structure I’ve got in my PC).

I mostly do PHP and JavaScript programming. I hate Smultron: the interface is ugly, code coloring doesn’t work well, there isn’t a “code navigator”, etc etc…
True, it’s free… But Coda is so much useful that it is not expensive at all!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:02:35 +0000

I also liked php.net in the IDE, but it almost seemed quicker to to search online since I usually have php.net open in a browser anyways.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:01:30 +0000

I have noticed some issues with cyberduck 3.0 crashing. I’ve reverted to cyberduck 2.8 and it seems to work fine now.

By: ocdude

ocdude — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:30:17 +0000

I have found that the cyberduck+smultron combination is just about perfect for my needs.

Most of what I’ve been doing has been in PHP, with supplimentary CSS and a bit of javascript. Smultron has been key to everything I’ve coded in the past few months. Previously I had been using TextWrangler on mac, or GEdit on my linux box, but I like Smultron a lot more.

I tried out Coda, but it really seemed overkill for what I was working on at the time. However, the two killer features of Coda for me were the subversion integration and the built in book library. Having PHP.net in the IDE was a godsend.

By: ms

ms — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:46:47 +0000

I always see cyberduck recommended, but I think it’s kind of annoying. I prefer Filezilla, the mac version is ok, though the interface looks ported. (love it on windows) I like being able to see local and server in split screen.

Smultron doesn’t get enough credit anywhere. SFTP is probably used for your security on Media Temple. Actually using FTP is kind of dumb consdiering it’s not secure and you can be monitored. Most people like security rather than insecurity.

I think properly extended smultron could probably do everything the popular ones could do. I’m trying to integrate snippets in my workflow now.

Another thing to know, is you can use smultron to do live editing along with Aptana IDE and it will save live. The new smultron also offers a webkit preview, though I haven’t explored it much.