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Add to SafariWhen comparing Coda 2 vs StudIO - Code, the Slant community recommends Coda 2 for most people. In the question“What is the best code editor for iOS?” Coda 2 is ranked 4th while StudIO - Code is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Coda 2 is:
Coda 2 comprises all you would expect from an IDE: it supports multiple languages (including all the standards); it performs autocomplete of project names, as well as language functions; it supports SVN and GIT; it has good support for plugins (or you can write your own); it has a configurable editor; and it has a built-in preview.
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Pros
Pro Real IDE with all the benefits
Coda 2 comprises all you would expect from an IDE: it supports multiple languages (including all the standards); it performs autocomplete of project names, as well as language functions; it supports SVN and GIT; it has good support for plugins (or you can write your own); it has a configurable editor; and it has a built-in preview.
Pro custom plugins
You can create plugins for this app
Pro Q & A
There is something called "Smart Code Completion" which is absolutely incredible: you just tell the app what you want and it will figure out what to do by itself..
Pro Great integration with git
GitHub, GitLab, ... are supported and you can push, commit, pull, clone, ...
Pro Cheap
It's only $4.99 (and it's cheaper than alternatives)
Cons
Con Defective UI
There are several things in Coda that simply don't work, and never have. For instance, the root directory for your local and remote files is simply not honored. For every project, you can specify the root directory for its files. But when you open the project in Coda, it doesn't go there. The file browser just shows whatever the last directory was that you were using, and will write files to the wrong place. Thus, it defeats the purpose of setting the home directory in the first place.
Also, splitting the editor doesn't work. If you've done any programming, you know how important it is to be able to view two files simultaneously. Coda fails to do this, with a bizarre insistence on making the two panes dependent on each other.
Con Support for Mac and commercial use only
Coda 2 is only available on Mac (even though that does make it a native app, meaning its much faster). Coda 2 costs $99 after the 30 day free trial is up.
Con No XDebug
If you also write PHP, there's no XDebug support available.
Con Price
It could be free or have a free option
Con Code Completion
The code completion is not so great. It's ok, but it could be better
