Code Editor by Panic App Reviews

What an amazing world we live in. Just a few short years ago setting up a website was a magnificent pain in the you know what. Yesterday on a whim I registered a domain, as well as hosting for it for three months to try it out, and in moments was up and running. I wanted an app that would allow me to edit, export upload and synchronize my website documents in multiple formats, as well as text all on my iPad Pro, and Coda did it all. Entered my settings and Im live editing on the server! sending hellos to my girlfriend in real time on my new index.html. A new world needs new apps and panic delivers.

I ssh into my Nitrous.io account with this app. Its got everything I need including a key generator. Very handy for learning/testing on the go.

Do you love your tools? Because if you get Coda, you will love your tools. I juuuust wish there was better support for all file types. You cant even open .playgroundbook for instance.

There is a screen shot of all these apps you are supposed to get when you purchase this but you just get Coda. I was under the impression that you got them all because they show a picture in the screenshots. I thought you open the app and then get to pick which one you wanted to continue on with. If they are not included do not show it as the first screen shot with no explanation saying you only get Coda for this price. Dont do the ol bait sand switch which is partly Apples fault for allowing it. This now seems expensive because all you get is the text editor Coda. Most editors are no more than 5 bucks or even free on the store. Ill go back to Textastic.

This is by far the best ftp client that I have ever used. It does so much & its easy, breezy. Absolutely does what I need it to do

Only speaking of the terminal, the screen is often off by 50 pixels right after log in, shifted left. This happens about 50% of the time. Restarting the terminal and logging in again usually works. Switching back from another app, even backgrounded for a second causes key input to fail. These issues arent huge if youre using screen or tmux but pretty annoying.

This app is great for doing code. Maybe the best I have seen for a phone. But the one drawback is the layout. Its confusing and everywhere. It just seems like your folders and files are jumbled in all this difficult to navigate user interface. Coda needs to look at the Readdle Documents app and make something like that. At least that app feels like a desktop filing system.

First, I have to jump through hoops just to get my files into Coda. If you allow importing from iCloud Drive, why not allow downloading an entire folder? And why no Dropbox support?? I do most of my development locally, well before it ever makes it to a server. There needs to be better ways to get entire folders into Coda. My next thought was to try to get files into Panic Sync, but thats a joke since there doesnt appear to be any way to easily do that. Perhaps you can with the desktop version (But Im definitely not dropping any money on that... Ill stick with TextWrangler). Another reviewer mentioned following Readdles Documents app for direction on how a good file manager should function. Folder syncing would also help. ZIP files arent readable all the time, and file permissions errors plague the app. I have yet to be able to expand an archive created on either the Mac or in Readdle Documents. Basically, I havent even really been able to dig in to the apps coding features or even test a workflow because of all of the issues Ive had with getting files into the app. For $25, Coda for iOS needs a ton of infrastructure work, and Im thoroughly disappointed.

I hope it will have a function or api can import codes from github.

If you are a web developer wondering if you can do your job on the iPad while on the road, the answer yes and Coda is the way. This is an amazing app and nearly as good as its Mac counterpart. Syntax Highlighting is solid and reliable (in earlier versions this was an issue). Coda is the only text editor with a good workflow for editing web pages on remote servers and its SFTP support is phenomenal. I also love the fact that I can support projects complete with multiple files open and terminal and SFTP configuration. Coda supports synchronization with the Mac version of the app and overall it works well with a few minor glitches around key management. There are a few frustrations, mostly involving synchronizing with the Mac version. Occasionally it doesnt notice a file on the server has been updated and Ill end up over-writing changes. Also, as I mentioned above, the Mac doesnt seem to fully support the private keys you add to projects here. Id also love to see the ability to create a default ssh identity for use across all projects, so I wouldnt have to link to the key in every single project. (Similar to the way you can have a single identity in your .ssh folder on the desktop) Coda is still far above the competition, its a full on web developer toolkit! Update: Love this app so much I make a point of re-upping my review every version!!

UI is so fraught with bugs it is unusable after a few lines of input. These bugs have been here unfixed for at least the better part of a year, despite many updates.

I dont know why but I thought it had a built in color picker when I purchased it. I guess its because the Mac version does have it and I was presumptuous. This app is wonderful. I love it. But please add that one simple thing to your code editor. It will be so great to cut out some color-picker middleman apps when Im on the go and be able to do that all in app super fast. Once thats added you guys shall have reached 5 star status for sure.

Exactly what I needed as a web developer. I do wish I could choose themes of the text editor. :)

This app proves that you can manage and edit sites on the go. Panics Prompt 2 is a top notch SSH client and terminal emulator. Coda needs a little more baking still, but Ill keep using it because I think that the team is responsive and is trying to improve the app. It has an elegant look, and once you get the UI down, you see how powerful it is. This app will sit on top of Editorial when I need to spend more time editing HTML than just the basics. Read the start guide though first. Remember to create a local root folder for each site so that your files stay organized. Note: from Editorial (which supports Dropbox) you can copy a file over to Coda :)

Click on the plus sign, to add a project, and everything disappear. Coding has never been so easy!

The app crashes immediately if I leave my iPad in French language... Means I purchased an app I cant use! Fix this quick, t s a show stopper.

App crash when typing. Each version is buggy...

i cant save my documents (html) to upload it. the button save doesnt work !!

Seriously, if youre thinking to get this app to use Air Preview, DONT GET IT. It doesnt load external CSS. Hope they fix it soon.

When I use the terminal in ssh-mode and type the words disapear :-( iPad 3 // iOS 5.1.1