PC equivalent of Coda? [closed]

Question

Can any one recommend a good all-in-one web development tool for Windows.

Something on par with Coda, which is only available for Mac OS X?

Nuts

A Mac? :-) No, I haven't seen anything as comprehensive and well designed on the Windows end. – Bezant

ive used coda on the mac and love it. ive been using editplus for my pc because of the ftp integration. while editplus is great ... after using coda i had the same question as you. im now using aptana studio but it still doesn't compare. one thing i dislike about aptana is to get php support, you need to install a plug-in. also the ftp tree on the left has a hard time staying synced. every time i make a new file it refreshes and i have to re-navigate the tree. – Bren

deceze and Robert Harvey can eat a fat one. This is a great question... why ever close it, maybe someday a pc program will come along that is as good as coda? Are you guys just jealous? – Cellophane

I'm using WebMaxtrix which has an editor, sql manager, and deployment support like coda and since it also functions as your web server it is actually a really great alternative. It even has some cool plugins like an iphone or ipad simulator. – Talkfest

@JustinBull, you should check out phpstorm, it's a fantastic program for php and handles css and html very well, it's no coda but it's not trying to be, the thing I love Coda for is the speed, not only the GUI but the general logical design coupled with the FTP which is so quick I also like the live CSS editing. However, i'm interested to see how fast the live edit is in php storm. – Kickoff

Answer 1

I have not used Coda by myself, but believe that whatever it has, you can find in Sublime Text 2 as well, check it out. For remote files access, you can use an utility like ExpanDrive that mounts remote drive as local disk.

Gerontocracy

Answer 2

I love Komodo Edit. I recommend that you try it.

Foxworth

Answer 3

I Tried NotePad++ And it is in fact very cool, However, it crashes from time to time and it can delete your work! :O, sadly i haven't found anything like CODA for the PC so i'm staying with the mac

Annulus

Answer 4

i think you can use notepad++ with ftp_synchronize plug-in so you can remotely edit files on server ;)

Northcutt

Answer 5

As far as I can tell, nothing gets close to Coda on mac. It's pretty sad.

Gnat

Answer 6

I love Coda and use it professionally every day. However, I'm going to check out Aptana Studio and Komodo IDE on the PC---they both look like they could be very good.

Note that Coda is not free (download, $99), so the answer presumably shouldn't be limited to free PC software in order to compare apples to apples (pun intended).

Cheers!

Fawkes

Answer 7

I used PHPed myself, the best for me

Reverend

I second this. I have tried all, and I think PHPEd is the best. – Abolition

Answer 8

I've looked and NetBeans 7.x is about as close as I've found. Coda is much more than an editor...it does Subversion, has an excellent built-in CSS editor, and allows really elegant local development and publish-to-host workflow. Even NetBeans is only local or remote, but can't deal with both in one project. However, NetBeans' MySQL integration is very handy.

Nereidanereids

Answer 9

Isn't Coda just a text editor? For Windows there is notepad++.

Pusey

Text editor, css gui, terminal, ftp, and site manager. – Essa

no. notice the preview option. notice the css editor. notice the ssh and ftp capabilities. – Reproval

Answer 10

I use KomodoEdit and it does not even compare to Coda. Coding on a Mac is a lot different as you can have a built in terminal. A windows equivalent would have to have a plugin for putty or something similar.

Genvieve