jcroft

I made no comment on which tools or languages are better or worse than others. I only pointed out that many modern apps are not built with PHP/MySQL, and Coda feels like it only really caters to those that are.

For the record, I (as the author of the original article) agree with all of this. My point wasn't to say that Coda is bad, but rather to explain why it's never felt like the right tool for me.

You do have to edit files directly on the server with Diet Coda, and that's the product I was talking about when I made the point about editing files directly on the server.

And it wasn't a critique of software I've never used, it was an explanation of why it has never appealed to me.

Nice of you to quote Steven's comment but not my reply where I clearly state how strongly I agree with him.

For the record, I use MySQL every day and still do some PHP work. So maybe you don't know as much as you think you do about me.

Hey, Jeff Croft (author of the article) here. I'm not sure you read the whole thing, or read it very closely, because I agree with what you're saying, and I said so in the piece. There's a market for the product, and I don't begrudge them making it -- it's just not for me. I wish Panic would make a product for me, because they make damn good products. It's like if I needed a pickup truck but loved BMWs. Coda isn't what I need, but I really, really want to like it because I love Panic's stuff so much.