This means that I can't really use the preview features of Coda
I don't think that's really specific to Coda, is it? Local file references often don't match up to where they'll be in production, so you have to run a development server on your machine. It's certainly true with Rails projects. In any case, the Preview is not tied to the physical file system. You can type anything you want in there. You could use Safari, but the whole point is that you don't have to keep switching between apps.
This pretty much means sticking to TextMate (which I really like anyway)
I hear that.
which also makes it impossible to justify paying $79 for it
Actually $69, since you already have Transmit.
by Scott Stevenson — Apr 28
I don't think that's really specific to Coda, is it? Local file references often don't match up to where they'll be in production, so you have to run a development server on your machine. It's certainly true with Rails projects. In any case, the Preview is not tied to the physical file system. You can type anything you want in there. You could use Safari, but the whole point is that you don't have to keep switching between apps.
This pretty much means sticking to TextMate (which I really like anyway)
I hear that.
which also makes it impossible to justify paying $79 for it
Actually $69, since you already have Transmit.