[UPHPU] introducing Coda: one window web development

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 24 Apr 2007, at 10:26, Scott Hill wrote:

> On 4/24/07, Jason Jones <poeticintensity at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If I could "just use vi", I would be the happiest person on  
>> earth.  I hate
>> being tied down to a GUI-based editing system (I use jEdit).  It  
>> does the
>> job, but whenever I think of the possibilities of just ssh'ing  
>> into a box
>> to
>> do the programming straight on the box, I get frustrated that I  
>> don't know
>> vi as well as I should.  Consider yourself blessed for having  
>> learned vi
>> well enough to use it as you do. :)
>
>
> I have used vi for at least twenty years and so it's kind of in my  
> blood.  I
> don't think I could forget how even with a therapist.  However, I  
> have used
> IDEs for a lot of C++ work and I like being able to do the step  
> through
> debug and so on.  Given the nature of PHP, I never really  
> considered using
> an IDE to debug until I started seeing posts about all of the  
> different
> products available.  I'm not really interested in an IDE war or how  
> vi can
> affect someones ego or libido (or whatever).  I'm just not sure how  
> or if
> some of these great IDEs could help me.
>

I think I understand what Scott is asking for.  He wants someone to  
sell him on the benefits of an IDE and how one would work in his life  
and then which one would help him the most for what he does.

I have yet to find one that is amazing out of the box without needing  
to be customized.  Perhaps I have not taken the time to truly learn  
all the capabilities and features of the IDE's I have used or do  
use.  Coda "looks" cool, but there are still some quirks, and of  
course, it does not do everything I want it to do.  I think it would  
be hard to find a program that is everything to every one.  Unless  
everyone is the same and does exactly the same job.

I can appreciate cool new apps, but whether or not I can fit it into  
my repertoire is a different story.

Jonathan