So… I’ve been trying out Panic’s 1.0 release of Coda (a nice new web development environment). So far, I’d have to say I’m pretty impressed, especially for a 1.0 version. I don’t see it completely replacing applications like Dreamweaver for me, but I find myself using it more and more, particularly for making quick edits or improvements to sites I only work on sporadically.
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Since I’ve been fairly involved in the GoLive community for the last few years, I’ve been asked more than a few times what I thought about the new GoLive 9, and how it compares to Dreamweaver CS3.
In the past, I’d always been a fan of GoLive - even preferring it to Dreamweaver for most projects. I like the site management features, the design view and tools, and the source code editing environment, among other things. There’s long been the stigma attached to GoLive that it was primarily a tool for designers, not coders. As a designer + coder hybrid, I’ll claim it’s only partially true because GoLive’s layout and design tools are easier for many designers, not because it was an inferior product for coding and development. Until version 9, at least.
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